Heroes of the Laboratory and the WorkshopG. Routledge and Sons, 1859 - 222 страници |
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... board over it- " The Subterranean Bar- ber who shaves for 1d . " This novelty took amazingly ; and Dick had a great run . The rival barbers of the town were fain , in consequence , to lower their terms , and then he came down to a ...
... board over it- " The Subterranean Bar- ber who shaves for 1d . " This novelty took amazingly ; and Dick had a great run . The rival barbers of the town were fain , in consequence , to lower their terms , and then he came down to a ...
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... board . It was evident there must be a truce for the time to this profitless work , and accordingly he tells us , in the simplicity of his heart , that , " seeing he could not in this way come at his intention , he took relaxation for a ...
... board . It was evident there must be a truce for the time to this profitless work , and accordingly he tells us , in the simplicity of his heart , that , " seeing he could not in this way come at his intention , he took relaxation for a ...
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... boards , placed horizontally , in roofs of all dimensions . This idea he first carried out in the erection of the Chateau de la Muette . The celebrated cupola of the Halle aux Blés at Paris , unhappily consumed by fire in 1802 , was ...
... boards , placed horizontally , in roofs of all dimensions . This idea he first carried out in the erection of the Chateau de la Muette . The celebrated cupola of the Halle aux Blés at Paris , unhappily consumed by fire in 1802 , was ...
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... board , whether the work should be abandoned ? " We must persevere ! " was the intrepid answer of Mr. Stephenson . Deter- mined to persist , he carried on his labours still more vigorously , and in six months after the meeting for ...
... board , whether the work should be abandoned ? " We must persevere ! " was the intrepid answer of Mr. Stephenson . Deter- mined to persist , he carried on his labours still more vigorously , and in six months after the meeting for ...
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... Board of Longitude to Lisbon , to make trial of its properties . In this voyage he suc- ceeded in correcting the dead reckoning nearly a degree and a half . From that time he went on im- proving his invention , until at length he ...
... Board of Longitude to Lisbon , to make trial of its properties . In this voyage he suc- ceeded in correcting the dead reckoning nearly a degree and a half . From that time he went on im- proving his invention , until at length he ...
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