10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINERAL PITCH»
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A Descriptive Catalogue of a New Collection of Minerals in ...
MINERAL PITCH, OR BITUMEN. ELASTIC BITUMEN, OR MINERAL PITCH.
1509. Mineral Pitch, Elastic, of a dark brownish-black colour, botryoidal ; from
Matlok, Derbyshire. EARTHY MINERAL PITCH. 1510. Mineral Pitch, Earthy, of a
black ...
Carl Ludwig Giesecke, 1832
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Fisher's Colonial Magazine and Commercial Maritime Journal
In the British island of Trinidad, in the West Indies, there is a lake three miles in
circumference, covered with a bituminous substance of the nature of slaggy
mineral- pitch ; and considerable quantities of this mineral are found in
Barbadoes.
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Mineralogy According to the Natural History System: Forming ...
Mineral Pitch, or Bitumen. When petroleum is exposed to the air it thickens, and
forms a mineral pitch resembling asphaltum. — 4. The Elastic Mineral Pitch,
according to Henry, consists of carbon 52.25, hydrogen 7.49, oxygen 40.10,
nitrogen ...
Mineral Pitch, or Bahama—34 Kind, Elam'c Mineral Pitch. also used it as an
ingredient in mortar; and it is said that the walls of the famous city of Babylon
were built with a mortar of this kind. The German translator of J. Bar. de Vignola's
Civil ...
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The United Service Magazine
America. — Mexico. — In the Island of Trinidad there is a lake three miles in
circumference, covered with a bituminous substance of the nature of slaggy
mineral pitch, and considerable quantities of this mineral are found in Barbadoes.
" Uses.
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The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster
•jI Mineral Pitch, or Bitumen, Jameson. This species is divided into three kinds,
viz. Earthy Mineral Pitch, Slaggy Mineral Pitch, and Elastic Mineral Pitch. j mi-
First Kind.— Earthy Mineral Pitch, Jameson pitch. Erdiges Erdpech, Werner.
External ...
Edinburgh encyclopaedia, sir David Brewster, 1830
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, ...
Semicotnpact Mineral Pitch, or Maltha, Kirw. ii. 46. La Poix Mincraic Tcrrcuse,
Broch. ii. 65. Enter. Char. — Found massive 5 internally dull } fracture earthy,
sometimes uneven ; fragments blunt-edged. Colour blackish brown, sometimes
clove ...
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A system of chemistry: in four volumes
Mineral Pitch. — The substances arranged under this species occur chiefly, in
veins. Werner divides it into three subspecies, earthy, slaggy, and elastic mineral
pitch. Subsp. 1. Earthy Mineral Pitch. — This is the substance commonly known
by ...
Thomas Thomson, Thomas Cooper, 1818
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The United Service Journal
America. — Mexico. — In the Island of Trinidad there is a lake three miles in
circumference, covered with a bituminous substance of the nature of slaggy
mineral pitch, and considerable quantities of this mineral are found in Barbadoes.
" Uses.
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Or, Dictionary of Arts, ...
The earthy mineral-pitch is a rare mineral, and has been hitherto found
principally in the Hartz; the slaggy mineral pitch is met with imbedded in the
limestone, ironstone, and sandstone of the coal formation in the middle district of
Scotland; and ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINERAL PITCH»
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Visiting mountain in coastal Vung Tau
Around Big Mountain's side is a small path covered with a mineral pitch. Tourists can travel by motorbike or car along this path to reach the top ... «VietNamNet Bridge, Apr 15»
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Nutritional Supplements: Nutritional supplements like Aminoacid Arginine, Bioflavinoids, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Zinc, Shilajith(Mineral Pitch), ... «gulfnews.com, Mar 14»
Weight-Loss Companies Charged With Fraud
Among the fraudulent products that year was Himalayan Diet Breakthrough, a diet pill containing Nepalese mineral pitch, a pastelike material ... «New York Times, Jan 14»
Three-Step Strategy to Reverse Mitochondrial Aging
Studies have detailed how shilajit, a phyto-mineral pitch substance found in the Himalayas,75-77 stabilizes, revitalizes, and preserves CoQ10 ... «ProHealth, Aug 13»
"Huge wads of money": Exclusive excerpt from Will Bunch's The …
AVS Marketing claimed its product was "a dietary supplement containing Nepalese Mineral Pitch, 'a paste-like material' that 'oozes out of the ... «Media Matters for America, Sep 10»
Seeds of Strange: Beckistan Invades Kunstlerland!
... "a paste-like material" called Nepalese Mineral Pitch that "oozes out of the cliff face cracks in the summer season" in the Himalayas. «Huffington Post, Mar 10»
