The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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Page 87
... ancient method of making steel , though rude , was remark- ably effectual ; and to this day the Hindoo iron - smelter , who builds his clay furnace , lights within it his fire of wood , and charges it with iron ore - urging the flame by ...
... ancient method of making steel , though rude , was remark- ably effectual ; and to this day the Hindoo iron - smelter , who builds his clay furnace , lights within it his fire of wood , and charges it with iron ore - urging the flame by ...
Page 88
... ancient metallurgists entertained the idea that by burying iron in the earth until the greater part of it was converted into rust , the remainder was capable of being forged into weapons , and particularly swords , with which bones ...
... ancient metallurgists entertained the idea that by burying iron in the earth until the greater part of it was converted into rust , the remainder was capable of being forged into weapons , and particularly swords , with which bones ...
Page 89
... ancient times prepared their wootz , I cannot discover any essential difference between the two . ' The next general head under which Dr. Percy describes the conversion of iron into steel is that of the partial decarburization of cast ...
... ancient times prepared their wootz , I cannot discover any essential difference between the two . ' The next general head under which Dr. Percy describes the conversion of iron into steel is that of the partial decarburization of cast ...
Page 145
... ancient or modern art which can bear comparison with the tremendous superiority of conception and style ' in the Infant Hercules of Reynolds . ' Like the infants , ' he says , ' of Michael Angelo and the ancients , it teems with the man ...
... ancient or modern art which can bear comparison with the tremendous superiority of conception and style ' in the Infant Hercules of Reynolds . ' Like the infants , ' he says , ' of Michael Angelo and the ancients , it teems with the man ...
Page 176
... ancient times emigrated from Norway and the rest of the Scan- dinavian North . ' And hither even still , for the same good pur- pose of proclaiming to the people the laws they are to obey , the Governor , attended by a military escort ...
... ancient times emigrated from Norway and the rest of the Scan- dinavian North . ' And hither even still , for the same good pur- pose of proclaiming to the people the laws they are to obey , the Governor , attended by a military escort ...
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