The United Service Magazine, Volume 84H. Colburn, 1857 - Military art and science |
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... fire , you laid by your money at interest ; to be expended on making engines and organising a proper fire brigade as soon as the conflagration commences . That such arguments should prevail at the present period is all the more strange ...
... fire , you laid by your money at interest ; to be expended on making engines and organising a proper fire brigade as soon as the conflagration commences . That such arguments should prevail at the present period is all the more strange ...
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... fire it is to be protected by a massy épaulement or flanking parapet of fascines . I must confess that a floating - bridge of this description appears to me to be impracticable ; for , independent of the difficulties of working in a ...
... fire it is to be protected by a massy épaulement or flanking parapet of fascines . I must confess that a floating - bridge of this description appears to me to be impracticable ; for , independent of the difficulties of working in a ...
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... fire . Here again Lloyd's List informs us that upwards of seven hundred such accidents and casualties took place in four years , being on an average , one hundred and seventy - five per annum . In all these instances the crews or part ...
... fire . Here again Lloyd's List informs us that upwards of seven hundred such accidents and casualties took place in four years , being on an average , one hundred and seventy - five per annum . In all these instances the crews or part ...
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... fires only slumber ; they are not extinct , for upon the sides of the sloping crater , and in places upon the beach , and even in the sea there are hot springs , as they are called , varying from 196 to 212 degrees . Swamps and stagnant ...
... fires only slumber ; they are not extinct , for upon the sides of the sloping crater , and in places upon the beach , and even in the sea there are hot springs , as they are called , varying from 196 to 212 degrees . Swamps and stagnant ...
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... fires that slumbered in com- parison with the rage that burned in each of their breasts ; they had tried their best to kill each other , and had failed . Slowly recovering , they parted , and lived in opposite parts of the island , but ...
... fires that slumbered in com- parison with the rage that burned in each of their breasts ; they had tried their best to kill each other , and had failed . Slowly recovering , they parted , and lived in opposite parts of the island , but ...
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