Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century (1905)
Routledge, Robert · London : G. Routledge and Sons · leaf 776
ing English patents, amalgamating with certain existing companies, andfor working the bauxite deposits in Ireland, &c., &c. There is everyreason to believe that an important result of this enterprise will be a stillfurther reduction in the price of this metal, and consequently a… … Fig. lyi.—Portrait of Mr. Thomas Hancock. INDIAN-RUBBER AND GUTTA-PERCHA. INDIAN-R UBBER. D ESEARCHES into the history of the human race in remote ages have-■•^ revealed the fact, that before man knew how to extract metals fromtheir ores, his only implements were formed of stone ; and before he…
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