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... Ships was also ably illustrated by Mr. * See the papers by Professor Cowper in Year - Book of Facts , 1851 , pp . 37-39 . See the paper in Yeur - Book of Facts , 1852 , pp . 34-36 . 00 Engraved by W H. Mote , from a Photograph WILLIAM ...
... Ships was also ably illustrated by Mr. * See the papers by Professor Cowper in Year - Book of Facts , 1851 , pp . 37-39 . See the paper in Yeur - Book of Facts , 1852 , pp . 34-36 . 00 Engraved by W H. Mote , from a Photograph WILLIAM ...
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... Ships was also ably illustrated by Mr. * See the papers by Professor Cowper in Year - Book of Facts , 1851 , pp . 37-39 . See the paper in Year - Book of Facts , 1852 , pp . 34-36 . Fairbairn in a paper read by him to the Institute ...
... Ships was also ably illustrated by Mr. * See the papers by Professor Cowper in Year - Book of Facts , 1851 , pp . 37-39 . See the paper in Year - Book of Facts , 1852 , pp . 34-36 . Fairbairn in a paper read by him to the Institute ...
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... ship to the other , and in large ships chain riveted as previously recommended , which will greatly enhance the value of the ship . If this were done so as to give the required midship section necessary for the security of the vessel ...
... ship to the other , and in large ships chain riveted as previously recommended , which will greatly enhance the value of the ship . If this were done so as to give the required midship section necessary for the security of the vessel ...
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... ships with armour - plates , to be convinced that we can no longer build wooden vessels of war with safety to our naval superiority and the best interests of the country . I am fully persuaded that the whole of our ships of war must be ...
... ships with armour - plates , to be convinced that we can no longer build wooden vessels of war with safety to our naval superiority and the best interests of the country . I am fully persuaded that the whole of our ships of war must be ...
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... ships . The success which has attended the adoption of this new system of defence affords the prospect of invulnerable ships of war , and hence the desire of the Government to remodel the Navy on an entirely new principle of ...
... ships . The success which has attended the adoption of this new system of defence affords the prospect of invulnerable ships of war , and hence the desire of the Government to remodel the Navy on an entirely new principle of ...
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