A History of Useful Arts and ManufacturesChristopher Bentham, 1825 - 180 pages |
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... motions of tides , the appearance of fishes , of sea - weeds , and of every thing that floated on the waves , because these often serve as indi- cations of the nearness of land . In short , having undertaken this voyage upon such ...
... motions of tides , the appearance of fishes , of sea - weeds , and of every thing that floated on the waves , because these often serve as indi- cations of the nearness of land . In short , having undertaken this voyage upon such ...
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... motions of the vessels . This strange appearance occasioned new alarm and disquiet ; the sailors imagined that they were now advanced to the utmost boundary of the navigable ocean , that these floating weeds would obstruct their farther ...
... motions of the vessels . This strange appearance occasioned new alarm and disquiet ; the sailors imagined that they were now advanced to the utmost boundary of the navigable ocean , that these floating weeds would obstruct their farther ...
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... motion , as if it was carried from place to place . A little after midnight , the joy- ful sound of land ! land ! was heard from the Pinta , which kept always a - head of the other ships . But , having been so often deceived by ...
... motion , as if it was carried from place to place . A little after midnight , the joy- ful sound of land ! land ! was heard from the Pinta , which kept always a - head of the other ships . But , having been so often deceived by ...
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... motion down to the wa- ter . Till the moment when every thing is ready , it is held in its place by a strong cable , fastened at one end to the steerage , and at the other to a stake driven into the ground , and also by side props or ...
... motion down to the wa- ter . Till the moment when every thing is ready , it is held in its place by a strong cable , fastened at one end to the steerage , and at the other to a stake driven into the ground , and also by side props or ...
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... motion ! what a number of different trades all labouring in their separate workshops towards the same object ! The ship - wright , the mast maker , the rope maker , the sail maker , the iron founder and the painter . - Suppose this ...
... motion ! what a number of different trades all labouring in their separate workshops towards the same object ! The ship - wright , the mast maker , the rope maker , the sail maker , the iron founder and the painter . - Suppose this ...
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