The Wonders of the World
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The Wonders of the World by John Loraine Abbott presents itself as a descriptive and pictorial museum of wonderful phenomena. The discussion of springs says ascending vapors often combine with water through small, porous openings, accounting for an almost infinite variety in the character of springs, fountains and lakes. The account distinguishes springs that bubble without boiling or showing heat from others whose waters are tepid or boiling according to the heat they contain.
The description of St. Peter’s gives its building period as one hundred and seventy-six years, or three hundred and fifty years when all its vicissitudes are included. The account records pig iron from furnaces, bar iron from forges, and nails made partly from imported iron among the domestic products enumerated by Adam Seybert.
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- John Loraine Abbott
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- 860
- Language
- English
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- Popular Science
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