Library of Universal Knowledge, Volumen9American book exchange, 1881 |
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... iron keel ( E ) of from 4 to 8 cwt . , which effectually keeps the boat straight . Some builders object to this iron ballast : the Liverpool and Norfolk boats take out their plugs , and preferably admit water until steadiness is secured ...
... iron keel ( E ) of from 4 to 8 cwt . , which effectually keeps the boat straight . Some builders object to this iron ballast : the Liverpool and Norfolk boats take out their plugs , and preferably admit water until steadiness is secured ...
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... iron case instead of a paper one , and a pole 8 ft . long instead of a mere stick ; it weighed 23 lbs . , was propelled by 9 lbs . of composition , and had a range of 250 yards . A ship's crew having been saved by the aid of this rocket ...
... iron case instead of a paper one , and a pole 8 ft . long instead of a mere stick ; it weighed 23 lbs . , was propelled by 9 lbs . of composition , and had a range of 250 yards . A ship's crew having been saved by the aid of this rocket ...
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... iron dowels . The defect in the iron Minot's ledge light - house was owing to the stinted outlay . Had three or four times as much money been expended on it , so that it could have been much broader at the base as well as higher , it ...
... iron dowels . The defect in the iron Minot's ledge light - house was owing to the stinted outlay . Had three or four times as much money been expended on it , so that it could have been much broader at the base as well as higher , it ...
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... iron made sharp as a needle , and gilt to prevent rusting , and from the foot of the rods a wire down the outside of the building into the ground , or down round one of the shrouds of a ship , and down her sides till it reaches the ...
... iron made sharp as a needle , and gilt to prevent rusting , and from the foot of the rods a wire down the outside of the building into the ground , or down round one of the shrouds of a ship , and down her sides till it reaches the ...
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... iron ; that it should then be surmounted by a short sharp cone of brass ; and that it should finally end in a fine platinum needle , the whole being riveted or soldered together , so as to render perfect the conducting connection of the ...
... iron ; that it should then be surmounted by a short sharp cone of brass ; and that it should finally end in a fine platinum needle , the whole being riveted or soldered together , so as to render perfect the conducting connection of the ...
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