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... Ship He- cla , in the year 1827 , under the command of Captain William Edward Parry , R. N. , F. R. S. , and honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburgh . Illustrat- ed by Plates and Charts . Published by ...
... Ship He- cla , in the year 1827 , under the command of Captain William Edward Parry , R. N. , F. R. S. , and honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburgh . Illustrat- ed by Plates and Charts . Published by ...
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... ship , occasionally melted the pitch , while on the other side of the vessel , and sheltered from the sun , ice was rapidly forming ; and that on the one side , a thermometer would rise to 80 ° , 90 ° , or even more , while it stood at ...
... ship , occasionally melted the pitch , while on the other side of the vessel , and sheltered from the sun , ice was rapidly forming ; and that on the one side , a thermometer would rise to 80 ° , 90 ° , or even more , while it stood at ...
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... ship money , and the noble efforts of Richard Chambers , Lord Say , and Mr. Hampden , in opposi- tion thereto , are well described . The energies of the Star - Chamber , while it continued , were in constant requisition . Its habits of ...
... ship money , and the noble efforts of Richard Chambers , Lord Say , and Mr. Hampden , in opposi- tion thereto , are well described . The energies of the Star - Chamber , while it continued , were in constant requisition . Its habits of ...
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... ship , and render- ed her so leaky , that the captain considered it advisable to make for the nearest port ; the leak , however , increasing rapidly , and finding themselves off a coast , which the captain , by his charts , pronounced ...
... ship , and render- ed her so leaky , that the captain considered it advisable to make for the nearest port ; the leak , however , increasing rapidly , and finding themselves off a coast , which the captain , by his charts , pronounced ...
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... ship swims as well as a small cork ; and an eagle flies in the air , as well as a little gnat . This engine may be contrived from the same principles by which Archytas made a wooden dove , and Regiomontanus a wooden eagle . I conceive ...
... ship swims as well as a small cork ; and an eagle flies in the air , as well as a little gnat . This engine may be contrived from the same principles by which Archytas made a wooden dove , and Regiomontanus a wooden eagle . I conceive ...
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