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... discovered . * An improved method of making coffee . Smithsonian Miscell . Coll . , No. 327 , p . 88 . + Smithsonian Miscell . Coll . , No. 327 , 1879 , 8 vo . , 166 pp . 10 JAMES SMITHSON AND HIS BEQUEST . The following is CONTENTS.
... discovered . * An improved method of making coffee . Smithsonian Miscell . Coll . , No. 327 , p . 88 . + Smithsonian Miscell . Coll . , No. 327 , 1879 , 8 vo . , 166 pp . 10 JAMES SMITHSON AND HIS BEQUEST . The following is CONTENTS.
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... method of making coffee , vol . xxii . New series , vol . vi , p . 30 . 1823. A discovery of chloride of potassium in the earth , vol . xxii . New series , vol . vi , p . 258 . 1823. A method of fixing particles on the sappare , vol ...
... method of making coffee , vol . xxii . New series , vol . vi , p . 30 . 1823. A discovery of chloride of potassium in the earth , vol . xxii . New series , vol . vi , p . 258 . 1823. A method of fixing particles on the sappare , vol ...
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... Methods and instruments of analysis unknown to the age of Smithson have come into familiar use among chemists . These may have rendered less available for the present purposes of science than they otherwise might have been , a por- tion ...
... Methods and instruments of analysis unknown to the age of Smithson have come into familiar use among chemists . These may have rendered less available for the present purposes of science than they otherwise might have been , a por- tion ...
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... method of fixing crayon colors , vol . xxvi . New series , vol . x , p . 236 . Smithson's writings all exhibit clearness of perception , terseness of language and accuracy of expression . * A trait of Smithson's character is exhibited ...
... method of fixing crayon colors , vol . xxvi . New series , vol . x , p . 236 . Smithson's writings all exhibit clearness of perception , terseness of language and accuracy of expression . * A trait of Smithson's character is exhibited ...
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... methods employed in mining or smelting ores , and in all kinds of manufactures . These numerous journeys and sojourns abroad gave him a cosmopoli- tan character , and illustrated one of his own sayings : " the man of science is of no ...
... methods employed in mining or smelting ores , and in all kinds of manufactures . These numerous journeys and sojourns abroad gave him a cosmopoli- tan character , and illustrated one of his own sayings : " the man of science is of no ...
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