ayfor the passage of the trains complete and readyfor use, was then gradually lowered by means ofthe hydraulic presses which raised it on to a bed ofred and white lead spread over the creosoted timber,which equalized the weight on the bed plates androllers. It is now in use for the transit of… … ornament, found in ancient buildings. (See Ara-jbesque,/>. 65, vol. 1.) Glass. A transparent substance, made byifusing various salts and metallic oxides with sili-|Cious earths. The manufacture of glass was welliknown in Aristotles time, about 350 yeurs beforeChrist, and Pliny gives the…
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