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... called the Pulkova Hills , which command a splendid view of St Peters- burg , and is noted for its magnificent ... called a sheave , is often placed friction of the cord on the pulleys , inside a hollow oblong mass of wood called a block ...
... called the Pulkova Hills , which command a splendid view of St Peters- burg , and is noted for its magnificent ... called a sheave , is often placed friction of the cord on the pulleys , inside a hollow oblong mass of wood called a block ...
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... called Kooth in Northern India . P. is its name at Calcutta . PUTLOGS , small timbers used in the construc- tion of buildings . They lie between the wall and the poles of the scaffolding , and on them the floor of the scaffolding rests ...
... called Kooth in Northern India . P. is its name at Calcutta . PUTLOGS , small timbers used in the construc- tion of buildings . They lie between the wall and the poles of the scaffolding , and on them the floor of the scaffolding rests ...
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... called the Subterranean Apartment , 46 feet x 27 feet , and 11 feet 6 inches high , has been hewn in the solid rock , and was reached by the original passage of 320 feet long , which descended to it by an entrance at the foot of the ...
... called the Subterranean Apartment , 46 feet x 27 feet , and 11 feet 6 inches high , has been hewn in the solid rock , and was reached by the original passage of 320 feet long , which descended to it by an entrance at the foot of the ...
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... called the garniture of the rocket , often very ingenious mechanical arrangements for consisting of a shorter and broader paper tube called making some of their parts revolve rapidly when the pot , attached to the end of the fusee part ...
... called the garniture of the rocket , often very ingenious mechanical arrangements for consisting of a shorter and broader paper tube called making some of their parts revolve rapidly when the pot , attached to the end of the fusee part ...
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... called by analogy with the three Sundays which precede Lent , and which are called respectively Septuagesima , 70th ; Sexagesima , 60th ; and Quinquagesima , 50th . QUADRANGLE , an open square , or courtyard having four sides . Large ...
... called by analogy with the three Sundays which precede Lent , and which are called respectively Septuagesima , 70th ; Sexagesima , 60th ; and Quinquagesima , 50th . QUADRANGLE , an open square , or courtyard having four sides . Large ...
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