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Light and Its Phenomena: Locality

Locality.

Sea-shore Confined houses. .. .07 .13 .30 ...........

Percentage. | Locality.

Percentage. 21.50 Mines 20.50 20.75 When candles go out 18.50 The following table shows how oxygen varies with climate: Ben Lomond Atlantic.

Lyons.

Mediterranean Madrid.. 20.940 | Berlin 20.942 Paris 20.942 Geneva 20.947 Andes. 20.953 20.956 Tin plates are made by cleaning iron plates with acid, and then dipping them in melted tin. White lead is made by exposing sheets of the metal to fumes of vinegar. The clergy were the steady pursuers and patrons of Alchemy. Its signs and mystic combinations are found in most cathedrals and old churches. In 600 years it was an authorized science, and secretly practised only when the people suspected an intercourse with the devil.

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