পাতা:পদার্থবিদ্যাসার.djvu/১৮৭

176 Tut. They are those which cannot be extended by means of the hammer, without breaking. Of these there are seventeen kinds, some of which are at present but little known in this country. Those perhaps inost extensively used here are arsenic and antimony. Pup. What use is måde of these : Tott. Arsenic is a strong poison ; but notwithstanding this quality, it is occasionally used in medicines and the arts. Antimony is extensively used in the preparation of types and diferent uredicines, an} is also employed as a collyrium for anointing the eyes, &c. مساحت این تندیسه H)!AL(){;UE X}\'. Of Miscellancows Productions, Pup. What advantage iyave we from ilie produce } రి i of the different paris of the world Tut. As every iand has its own particular produce, by means of havigation, one country partakes of the produce of another. And thousands gain their livelihood by ploughing the ocean, as the farmers do by ploughing the earth. w Pup. Perhaps you will have the goodness to inorm ime respecting soime of the prìiicip:xi articles of l ومع р merchandise which are produced in different parts of the world, and to shew me the places on the globe. Tet. Certaiuly. Pup. Pray what are the principal productions of * Asia * Tut. Asia is the richest and most fruitful part of I the world; it abounds in corn and fruits of all sorts. It furnishes every thing necessary for life and health,