Chit-chat, or Short Tales in Short Words

Chit-chat, or Short Tales in Short Words

Extract from Contents: Ancient Coal Mine.Gold Mines.Anglesea Mines.Black Damp.Black LeadBlast Furnace.Blasting Mines.Boring for Coal.Brazil Diamonds.Bristol Stones.Cannel Coal.Captain of a Mine.Carron Founderies.Choke Damp.Cinnabar.Coining Tin.Copper; its various MinesSir H. Davy's Safety Lamp.Descending into Mines of Copper, Coal, Iron, Salt, and Silver.Diamonds.Finding Mines.Draining Mines.Dress for a Mine.Explosion of Coal.Galena.Gas.Fullers' Earth.Gold, in various parts of the World.Lead.Mercury.History of Mines.Mineral Cabinet.Numbers of Mines in Cornwall.Pactolus.Phnicians trading for Tin.Pig Iron.Plumbago.Quantities of Coal sent to London.Rail Roads.Retorts.Roasting Ore.Smelting Furnace.Stamping Mills.Steam Engine.Stream of Sparks, &c. Extract from Contents: Noah's Ark.Floats on the Rhine.Egyptian Pottery Float.Indian Paddle Canoes.Boats, Barges, and Lighters.Sailing Canoes.Chinese Junks.The Nautilus.Ancient Vessels.Roman Galleys.British Coracles.Csar's Fleet.A Fire Ship.A Cutter.A Gun-boat.A Bomb-ketch.A Frigate.A Man-of-War, with its Long-boat, Barge, Pinnace, Cutter, and Yawl.A Turkish Galley.A Venetian Galleas.A French Galley.A Xebec, Polacre, and Tartan.A Snow, Bilander, Schooner, and Dogger.A Sloop, Hoy, and Smack.An East-Indiaman.A Portuguese Carrack.A Spanish Galleon.A Canal Boat.A Wherry, and Pleasure Boat.Lord Mayor's State Barge.Venetian Gondola.The Doge's Bucentaur.A Man-of-War, with descriptive references.A Section of a Man-of-War.The Dock Yard.The Ship Launch, &c. A Description of Trees generally; with 16 Engravings, shewing the Form and Character of the principal Trees; and 10 Wood Engravings, illustrative of minor peculiarities. Price 3s. 6d. neatly bound in coloured cloth, square 16mo. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 67271
Author: Budden, Maria Elizabeth
Release Date: Jan 29, 2022
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: John Harris
Publication Date: 1831
Publisher Country: United Kingdom