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This I observed also in the Laboratory of that ingenious Chymist Lysidono, and with much Pleasure animadverted that Mineral of the same Zenith and Nadir, of that now so famous Water in England, near that famous Metropolis, call'd Islington.

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But, Sir, this Garamanteen relates the strangest Operation of a Mineral in the Lunar World, that ever I heard of. Doct.

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R68501, 16Oct50, Mrs. Jay Hambidge (W) EAKLE, Arthur S. SEE Mineral tables; for the determination of minerals by their physical properties.

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It must make them self-dependent, so that no longer they shall have to import their corn from the Northwest, their lumber-men and hay from Maine, their manufactures from Massachusetts, their minerals from Pennsylvania, and to employ the shipping of the world.

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He took a good deal of interest in examining my cabinet, and proposed I should exchange the Lake Superior minerals for the gold ores of Virginia, &c. He showed me his idea of the geological column, and drew it out.

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These microbes, like many others, continuously mineralize organic substances, and thus exhibit themselves as the indispensable agents of the movement of the matter that incessantly circulates from the mineral to the organic world, and vice versa.

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With respect to science, he continued collecting minerals with much zeal, and after reading White's "Selborne" he took much pleasure in watching the habits of birds.

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There are likely to be other valuable minerals as by-products in a nickel mine.

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Churchill, Randolph: Men, Mines and Minerals in South Africa.

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I did not expect that any decent tradesman would slip a clause into a farm lease conveying the minerals below the surface to a farmer.

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According to divine Science, Spirit no more changes its species, by evolving matter from Spirit, than natural science, so-called, or material laws, bring about alteration of species by transforming minerals into vegetables or plants into animals,thus confusing and confounding the three great kingdoms.

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They won't go hunting mineral like a white man.

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BERGMAN, TORBERN OLOF, a Swedish chemist, studied under Linnæus, and became professor of Chemistry at Upsala; discovered oxalic acid; was the first to arrange and classify minerals on a chemical basis (1735-1784).

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" Cossinius resumed: "If you sprinkle your cheese with salt it is better to use the mineral than the marine kind.

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By this process walls, embankments and terraces are built up, and as the minerals through which the water passes are varying greatly in color, so the deposits left on the surface are some of them red, other pink and others black, with yellows, greens, blues, chocolates and mixed colors abounding in immense numbers, sometimes harmonizing beautifully and sometimes presenting the most astounding contrasts.

Which preposition to use with  minerals