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Page 136
... ship is enveloped and de- stroyed . In the midst of a summer sea a clipper ship may be suddenly assailed by one of those tremendous conflicts of the elements , of the approach of which the silver finger of the barometer , unless ...
... ship is enveloped and de- stroyed . In the midst of a summer sea a clipper ship may be suddenly assailed by one of those tremendous conflicts of the elements , of the approach of which the silver finger of the barometer , unless ...
Page 137
... ship was about ninety miles south of Java she became enveloped in a ter- rific thunderstorm , and at five P.M. an im- mense ball of fire covered the maintopgallant mast ; at fifteen minutes past five the ship was struck a second time on ...
... ship was about ninety miles south of Java she became enveloped in a ter- rific thunderstorm , and at five P.M. an im- mense ball of fire covered the maintopgallant mast ; at fifteen minutes past five the ship was struck a second time on ...
Page 418
... ship is greatly impeded by the intervention of the trunk , which ren ders it impossible to use a long tiller , an permits only the substitution of two shor arms of a lever , called a yoke , which work within the small space between the ...
... ship is greatly impeded by the intervention of the trunk , which ren ders it impossible to use a long tiller , an permits only the substitution of two shor arms of a lever , called a yoke , which work within the small space between the ...
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