The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... ment steamer , now being fitted with engines . - The Artizan , No. 8 . * The Association met at Cork , August 16 , 23 ; the Earl of Rosse , Pre- sident . NEW STEAM - VESSELS . ANNEXED are the most important YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS .
... ment steamer , now being fitted with engines . - The Artizan , No. 8 . * The Association met at Cork , August 16 , 23 ; the Earl of Rosse , Pre- sident . NEW STEAM - VESSELS . ANNEXED are the most important YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS .
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... ; the frames are of Bielefield's papier maché . The ladies ' cabin is fitted up with paintings , enamelled on slate , by Heedman , after Watteau . The ship is divided by iron bulk - heads into five compartments , 10 YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS .
... ; the frames are of Bielefield's papier maché . The ladies ' cabin is fitted up with paintings , enamelled on slate , by Heedman , after Watteau . The ship is divided by iron bulk - heads into five compartments , 10 YEAR - BOOK OF FACTS .
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... fact . Several preliminary trials have been made on the line we are about to describe , and very shortly the establishment will be in full operation . The scene of this triumph of science is one line of the train laid down for the ...
... fact . Several preliminary trials have been made on the line we are about to describe , and very shortly the establishment will be in full operation . The scene of this triumph of science is one line of the train laid down for the ...
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... fact , that though each of them is of the enormous weight of 60 tons , two men , or rather a boy and a man , can move them easily . These gates open to the general basin communicating with the Thames . The dock itself is filled by the ...
... fact , that though each of them is of the enormous weight of 60 tons , two men , or rather a boy and a man , can move them easily . These gates open to the general basin communicating with the Thames . The dock itself is filled by the ...
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