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... remains air - tight and perfectly clean . The rifle can be loaded and fired nine or ten times a minute with perfect ease . The power of the weapon is something terrible : we saw put up a case containing forty - two half - inch deal ...
... remains air - tight and perfectly clean . The rifle can be loaded and fired nine or ten times a minute with perfect ease . The power of the weapon is something terrible : we saw put up a case containing forty - two half - inch deal ...
Pàgina 35
... remains to be done to remedy this defect at present . The ship got her anchor and turned ahead from her moorings at Spithead at 930 a.m. , and first steamed out towards the Nab Light vessel . Between the two light - ships , the ship's ...
... remains to be done to remedy this defect at present . The ship got her anchor and turned ahead from her moorings at Spithead at 930 a.m. , and first steamed out towards the Nab Light vessel . Between the two light - ships , the ship's ...
Pàgina 95
... remains a depth of 25 mètres of sand . A cubic mètre of sand , closely rammed , weighs 1600 kilogrammes , while compact quartz weighs 2500 kilogrammes ; hence the stratum of sand , even supposing it to be closely packed , has ...
... remains a depth of 25 mètres of sand . A cubic mètre of sand , closely rammed , weighs 1600 kilogrammes , while compact quartz weighs 2500 kilogrammes ; hence the stratum of sand , even supposing it to be closely packed , has ...
Pàgina 103
... remains in the pipes . EXTINCTION OF FIRES . MR . J. F. BATEMAN has made a communication to the British Association , " On Street Pipe Arrangements for Extinguishing Fires . " Mr. Bateman commenced by stating that in most large towns ...
... remains in the pipes . EXTINCTION OF FIRES . MR . J. F. BATEMAN has made a communication to the British Association , " On Street Pipe Arrangements for Extinguishing Fires . " Mr. Bateman commenced by stating that in most large towns ...
Pàgina 111
... remains unaltered under the influence of air and light . It may be employed to varnish geographical maps or prints , because it does not affect the whiteness of the paper , does not reflect light disagreeably as resinous varnishes do ...
... remains unaltered under the influence of air and light . It may be employed to varnish geographical maps or prints , because it does not affect the whiteness of the paper , does not reflect light disagreeably as resinous varnishes do ...
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