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Man before metals (1902)

Joly, N. (Nicolas), 1812-1885 · London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. · leaf 205

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rks, we may mention in passing, the striking of twoflints against each other, or of one tlint against a piece ofsteel or iron pyrites ; the shock of two pieces of bamboo,a means employed in China; the compression of air in awooden or ivory tube, a Malay process, &c. &c. The dried parenchyma… … Fig. 70. rui-; i-.^w niiii.i,, iairi,iiYi;i>BY THE Sioux ajsu CanadianIndiaxb. Fk;. 71 Till; iImi- nini.i. ixUSE AM()N<i Till; IkoqidisFIIOM TIME IJI.MEMOKIAL. Does there exist, has there ever existed, a people towhom the use of fire, or of the manner of producing it,was completely unknown? A…

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