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sed to concentrate the rays, the focal distance being then 63 inches, the diameter of focus 1/2 inch. This lens was carried to China by an officer in the suite of Lord Macartney, and left at Pekin. The effects of the burning arrangement were as follows: — Weight.Time. Substances.Grains.Seconds. Gold (pure)204 Silver (pure)203 Copper (pure)3320 Platinum (pure)103 Nickel163 Bar-iron1012 Cast-iron103 Steel1012 Topaz345 Emerald225 Flint1930 Carnelian1075 Jasper1025 Onyx1020 Garnet1017 Spar1060 Rotten-stone1080 Slate102 Asbestos1010 Limestone1035 Pumice-stone1024 Lava1024 Volcanic clay1060 See burning-mirror. Burn′ing-house. (Metallurgy.) A miner's term for a kiln or roasting-furnace in which volatile mineral matters are expelled, as the sulphur from tin pyrites. A kiln. Burning-mir′ror. A concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, so arranged as to concentrate the sun's heating rays on a common object. The most celebrated of the
ish eye.Lanyard. Flemish horse.Larboard. Floating-anchor.Lashing. Flying-jib.Lasket. Flying-jib boom.Latching. Fog alarm.Lateen-sail. Foot.Lazy-jack. Foot-rope.Lead Fore-and-aft sail.Leading-part. Fore-ganger.Leak-indicator. Forerunner.Leak-signal. Fothering.Lee-board. Fox.Leech. Frapping.Leech-line. Furling.Leech-rope. Gaff.Lee-fang. Gallows-bitt.Lee-faunce. Gammoning.Leeway-indicator. Gang-board.Life-buoy. Gang-cask.Life-car. Gangway.Life-line. Garland.Life-preserver. Garnet.Lift. Gasket.Link-worming. Girtline.Lizard. Log.Rigging. Log-board.Ring-bolt. Log-book.Ring-sail. Log-chip.Ring-tail. Loggerhead.Ripping-iron. Log-glass.Roach. Log-line.Roband. Log-reel.Rolling-tackle. Loom.Rope. Lubber's hole.Rope-yarn. Luff.Rough-tree. Luff-tackle.Rounding. Luff upon luff.Rowl. Lug-sail.Rowlock. Made-mast.Rowport. Main.Royal. Making-iron.Rubber. Mallet.Rubbing-paunch. Man-rope.Rudder. Marks and deeps.Rudder-chains. Marline.Rudder-pendant. Marlin
0 Corundum3.710-3.981 Cryolite2.692-3.077 Diamond, Oriental3.521-3.550 Diamond, Brazilian3.444 Dolomite2.800 Earth2.194 Earth, loose1.500 Earth, rammed1.600 Earth, moist sand2.050 Emerald2.600 Emerald, Brazilian3.155 Flint2.586-2.664 Garnet, common3.576-3.688 Garnet, precious4.000-4.352 Granite2.613-2.956 Gypsum1.872-3.310 Gypsum, ordinary, about2.3 Hornblende, common3.600-3.830 Hyacinth4.000-4.620 Jade2.959-3.389 Jasper2.566-2.816 Jet1.259-1.300 Limestone2.700-2.837 LimeGarnet, precious4.000-4.352 Granite2.613-2.956 Gypsum1.872-3.310 Gypsum, ordinary, about2.3 Hornblende, common3.600-3.830 Hyacinth4.000-4.620 Jade2.959-3.389 Jasper2.566-2.816 Jet1.259-1.300 Limestone2.700-2.837 Limestone, green3.182 Marl1.700-2.944 Malachite3.572-3.994 Marble2.516-2.858 Mica2.546-2.934 Millstone2.484 Mortar1.384-1.750 Mud, about1.630 Opal1.958-2.144 Peat0.600-1.329 Pitchstone1.970-2.720 Plaster of Paris1.176 Plumbago1.987-2.267 Porphyry2.670-2.790 Pumice-stone0.915 Quartz2.64-2.66 Rock crystal2.605-2.888 Ruby, Oriental4.283 Ruby, Brazilian3.531 Sand1.392-1.800 Sandstone2.08-2.52 Sapphire3.991-4.283 Sardonyx2.594-2.628 Serpentine2.429-2.999 Shale2.600 Slate2.672-2.9