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The Environs of London
… proper engines and fit pipes, dry fumes of such gums, and mineral or vegetable substances, as are adapted to the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in large pans placed over fires. The next most valuable mineral is Coal, which is procured chiefly in the range of … with the Peak-Forest and Huddersfield canals. Several railways, also, have been formed. The Birmingham and … the Manchester and Birmingham, and the Chester and Crewe, railways; it afterwards pursues its course to the river …