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... Naval Cadets on points intimately connected with their duties . This may have arisen partly from their education , previous to en- trance in the service , not being made to bear directly on its requirements , partly from the extensive ...
... Naval Cadets on points intimately connected with their duties . This may have arisen partly from their education , previous to en- trance in the service , not being made to bear directly on its requirements , partly from the extensive ...
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... Equipment.- Chests and Drawers . — Admiralty Circular on Expense of Messes . - Ar- ticle from " Times . " - Admiralty Circular on Qualifications , & c . , of Naval Cadets 443 A MANUAL FOR NAVAL CADETS . CHAPTER I WATER AND xvi CONTENTS .
... Equipment.- Chests and Drawers . — Admiralty Circular on Expense of Messes . - Ar- ticle from " Times . " - Admiralty Circular on Qualifications , & c . , of Naval Cadets 443 A MANUAL FOR NAVAL CADETS . CHAPTER I WATER AND xvi CONTENTS .
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John McNeill Boyd. A MANUAL FOR NAVAL CADETS . CHAPTER I WATER AND AIR . THE Theory of naval architecture is founded on those branches of the science of watery fluids which are comprehended in the term Hydrodynamics . Those are ...
John McNeill Boyd. A MANUAL FOR NAVAL CADETS . CHAPTER I WATER AND AIR . THE Theory of naval architecture is founded on those branches of the science of watery fluids which are comprehended in the term Hydrodynamics . Those are ...
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... naval architecture , especially as affecting the subject of dis- placement . * Liebig tells us that " during the act of freezing , the temperature remains at 23 ° Fahrenheit . Nevertheless water may be cooled as low as 50 without ...
... naval architecture , especially as affecting the subject of dis- placement . * Liebig tells us that " during the act of freezing , the temperature remains at 23 ° Fahrenheit . Nevertheless water may be cooled as low as 50 without ...
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