The Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Manufactures and Shipbuilding, 71. köideRobertson, Brooman, & Company, 1859 |
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... sufficient appreciation of the present condition of our knowledge ; any orderly statement of what he presumes to be erroneous ; or any systematic en- deavour to explain his own theories . Nor , indeed , do we even find any indication of ...
... sufficient appreciation of the present condition of our knowledge ; any orderly statement of what he presumes to be erroneous ; or any systematic en- deavour to explain his own theories . Nor , indeed , do we even find any indication of ...
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... sufficient friction may be offered to the sliding of the prongs in the holes to retain them in any position in which they may be placed . When the instrument is in use it is held by a button attached to the lower part of the standard ...
... sufficient friction may be offered to the sliding of the prongs in the holes to retain them in any position in which they may be placed . When the instrument is in use it is held by a button attached to the lower part of the standard ...
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... sufficient to " put an end sons even to this moment imagine that Sir " to these discussions " appears extremely doubt- John gave us numerous line - of - battle ships as a clear increase upon what we should have had Here , then , we find ...
... sufficient to " put an end sons even to this moment imagine that Sir " to these discussions " appears extremely doubt- John gave us numerous line - of - battle ships as a clear increase upon what we should have had Here , then , we find ...
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... sufficient magnitude to call forth unceasing attention and vigilance . Our information on this head is for the present very incomplete ; but some few leading points can be traced , sufficient to place the seaman on his guard and to draw ...
... sufficient magnitude to call forth unceasing attention and vigilance . Our information on this head is for the present very incomplete ; but some few leading points can be traced , sufficient to place the seaman on his guard and to draw ...
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... sufficient for that purpose ; and , thirdly , that the Admiralty were bound to adopt throughout the naval service the anchor which the com- mittee pronounced the best . In reference to the first of these assumptions it is necessary to ...
... sufficient for that purpose ; and , thirdly , that the Admiralty were bound to adopt throughout the naval service the anchor which the com- mittee pronounced the best . In reference to the first of these assumptions it is necessary to ...
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