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... passing Ships . Inspection and Enumeration of Articles , and States of Things to be attended to . Loosing Sails CHAP . XXII . HANDLING BOATS . - p . 335 Capacity of Boat . Taking in Stores . Precautions before shoving off . Consequences ...
... passing Ships . Inspection and Enumeration of Articles , and States of Things to be attended to . Loosing Sails CHAP . XXII . HANDLING BOATS . - p . 335 Capacity of Boat . Taking in Stores . Precautions before shoving off . Consequences ...
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... passing tide or river stream for defiled water near the shore , he may substitute pure air from the atmosphere for any air near him that has become unfit for his use . ' " " * These substances enter into the composition of water and air ...
... passing tide or river stream for defiled water near the shore , he may substitute pure air from the atmosphere for any air near him that has become unfit for his use . ' " " * These substances enter into the composition of water and air ...
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... pass through it , and their heat is radiated from those bodies ( as earth and sea ) on which they fall . Hence , the lower strata are first heated , and , being thus rarefied , necessarily ascend , their place being supplied by colder ...
... pass through it , and their heat is radiated from those bodies ( as earth and sea ) on which they fall . Hence , the lower strata are first heated , and , being thus rarefied , necessarily ascend , their place being supplied by colder ...
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... Passing showers . c . Cloudy . q . Squalls . d . Drizzling rain . r . Rainy . f . Foggy . S. Snow . g . Gloomy weather . t . h . Hail . 1. Lightning . m . Misty . 0 . Overcast . Thunder . u . Ugly threatening weather . v . Visibility of ...
... Passing showers . c . Cloudy . q . Squalls . d . Drizzling rain . r . Rainy . f . Foggy . S. Snow . g . Gloomy weather . t . h . Hail . 1. Lightning . m . Misty . 0 . Overcast . Thunder . u . Ugly threatening weather . v . Visibility of ...
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... passing water , of heat , or of magnetism , have caused curious alterations in the quality of iron , the very particles seeming to have become altered in internal arrangement and form , after the lapse of a few years . " " Steel is used ...
... passing water , of heat , or of magnetism , have caused curious alterations in the quality of iron , the very particles seeming to have become altered in internal arrangement and form , after the lapse of a few years . " " Steel is used ...
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