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... temperature of from 1200 ° to 1400 ° F. its color changed to a dull red , and the piece was slightly checked and its strength impaired . Stone very similar to the Hudson River variety is found in Luzerne County , Penn . A sample of this ...
... temperature of from 1200 ° to 1400 ° F. its color changed to a dull red , and the piece was slightly checked and its strength impaired . Stone very similar to the Hudson River variety is found in Luzerne County , Penn . A sample of this ...
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... temperature , pressure , the nature of the neighboring rocks , the epoch of its operation , and the original material , the product differing in form , appearance , composition , and properties . But the mode of forma- tion has been the ...
... temperature , pressure , the nature of the neighboring rocks , the epoch of its operation , and the original material , the product differing in form , appearance , composition , and properties . But the mode of forma- tion has been the ...
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... temperatures , but at pressures that may or may not have been high . " Mr. Day placed a number of fresh herring , a quantity of pine sawdust , and a number of pieces of fat pine wood in a cylindrical iron retort and distilled it . Of ...
... temperatures , but at pressures that may or may not have been high . " Mr. Day placed a number of fresh herring , a quantity of pine sawdust , and a number of pieces of fat pine wood in a cylindrical iron retort and distilled it . Of ...
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... temperature . " The change is thus described : " The first department of the process consists in the formation of a black oily substance similar to what arises in a liquid form at the surface , and has been termed asphaltic oil . This ...
... temperature . " The change is thus described : " The first department of the process consists in the formation of a black oily substance similar to what arises in a liquid form at the surface , and has been termed asphaltic oil . This ...
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... temperatures . He states that asphalt is being formed now , not as a primary but as a secondary product , resulting from the transformation of lighter forms of bitumen , maltha , or even thinner oils into harder bitumen by condensation ...
... temperatures . He states that asphalt is being formed now , not as a primary but as a secondary product , resulting from the transformation of lighter forms of bitumen , maltha , or even thinner oils into harder bitumen by condensation ...
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