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Fatigued by the wild nights which they passed, they went off by day to sleep, sometimes in the lime-kilns, sometimes in the abandoned quarries of Montmatre or
Les Miserables 2008
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The day was one of hot shirocco, and there were fires of lime-kilns visible in several directions, this season (late in autumn) being that appropriated to such employment, after all the harvests are gathered in.
Byeways in Palestine James Finn
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Except near lime-kilns, this cannot be done to chickens, but fine slaked lime can be used, either alone or mixed with powdered sulphur, two parts of the former to one of the latter.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Various
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It is a constituent of _choke damp_ due to explosions in coal-mines, and is given off from lime-kilns, brick-kilns, and cement-works.
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England, where lime-kilns abound, it is a common thing to take children troubled with whooping-cough there.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Various
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Alas! nothing could be done for him, only the case of the servant of the governor of Tibneen shooting a poor Christian, while on compulsory work at the lime-kilns, got inquiry made into it at Bayroot.
Byeways in Palestine James Finn
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When limestone or mild lime is submitted to a great heat, such as is practically done on a large scale in lime-kilns, it is converted into caustic lime or lime proper.
Manures and the principles of manuring Charles Morton Aikman
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It is certain that nothing like lime-kilns or places where lime might have been burnt are found at any moderate distance from the ruins.
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We most cruelly led her on a distance of at least two miles, and took our station near some lime-kilns, close to the sea.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Various
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In consequence of the enmity manifested towards us we were even debarred from walking in that interesting though smelly part, just outside the town under the walls with the well, the brick-works, the indigo, the oil-making, the many lime-kilns, the armourers, and all the industrious people of the town.
Southern Arabia Mabel Bent
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