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  1. NLM Digital Collections - Garbage crematories and the destruction of organic matter by fire 
    Publication: Minneapolis : Harrison & Smith, printers, 1888
    ... lowest tier is at the level of the ash-pit, and gives opportunity for the removal of the ashes. The grate bars are laid two inches apart. ... grate, throughout the whole length, is an elongated ash-pit which is floored with fire- clay tiles ...
  2. ... scapulars, rump and tail coverts, white, tinged with ash ; female young, and male in early autumn and ... Thrush (turdus migratorius, Lin.); spe- cific character, dark ash-color; beneath rufous ; head and tail black; the ...
  3. ... cry, when Triptolemus was laid on the burning ashes; and, as Ceres was therefore unable to make ... erts of the wings and tail, which are ash- colored. In the wild state, this bird is ...
  4. ... of various species, walnut and chestnut trees, yew, ash, beech, birch, cypress, elm, willow, poplar, alder, lime, ... of which they created a man, called Askur (ash), and a woman, Embla (alder). ()no gave them ...
  5. ... employed in rheumatism, spasm, paralysis, &c.3 Rot ashes or bran have been applied to similar uses; ... Castor, Cream of Tartar, Sulphates of Magnesia, Pot- ash, and Soda, Carbonate of Magnesia, Senna, Rhubarb, Jalap, ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - A system of chemistry, in four volumes (Volume 1) 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Printed and published by Abraham Small ..., 1818
    ... Nitre 11 Water 3 J Carbonate of pot ash (1-30) Muriate of am- monia Water Tartar ... STONEWARE, AND GLASS. Hydrate of lime Chalk Quicklime Ashes of pit-coal Ashes of elm Agate (2* ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - A dictionary of arts and sciences (Volume 2) 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Published by Isaac Peirce ..., 1815-1816
    ... verned as the oak; in nurseries as the ash: sowing the masts in autumn, or later, even ... beech follows next to the oak and the ash: it is almost as necessary to the cabinet- ...
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