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... called Aqua Regia , because in this mixture gold does dissolve . A common test for gold , in com- merce , is to put nitric acid over it , which has no action if the gold be true . There is , also , a hard smooth stone , called Lydian ...
... called Aqua Regia , because in this mixture gold does dissolve . A common test for gold , in com- merce , is to put nitric acid over it , which has no action if the gold be true . There is , also , a hard smooth stone , called Lydian ...
Page 263
... called the " dog days " -the only one of these old sidereal measures of time that has come down to us . Another season was under the sway of Orion . It was called the " stormy con- stellation , " and at its heliacal rising , or when ...
... called the " dog days " -the only one of these old sidereal measures of time that has come down to us . Another season was under the sway of Orion . It was called the " stormy con- stellation , " and at its heliacal rising , or when ...
Page 333
... called the " Sublime Government , " Devleti Alich , a word closely bor- claimed by the " Heavenly Government " of the empire of China . The Sultan , in speaking of his government , calls it “ My Sublime Porte . " The Grand Vezir being ...
... called the " Sublime Government , " Devleti Alich , a word closely bor- claimed by the " Heavenly Government " of the empire of China . The Sultan , in speaking of his government , calls it “ My Sublime Porte . " The Grand Vezir being ...
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Faneuil Hall | 3 |
Portrait of David Kinnison | 10 |
The Advance stranded at Cape Riley | 16 |
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