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Page xxxi
... ordered when she was fitted for Byron's voyage . Before that voyage the effects of electrolytic action were known , if not understood , and accordingly the metal work of her rudder had been made of forged copper to avoid the rapid ...
... ordered when she was fitted for Byron's voyage . Before that voyage the effects of electrolytic action were known , if not understood , and accordingly the metal work of her rudder had been made of forged copper to avoid the rapid ...
Page xliii
... ordered the cable to be cut and commenced firing upon the fire ship ; in ten minutes afterwards she boarded us on the Starboard bow at which time the rebels set fire to the train and left her . Set the fore topsails and Head Sails which ...
... ordered the cable to be cut and commenced firing upon the fire ship ; in ten minutes afterwards she boarded us on the Starboard bow at which time the rebels set fire to the train and left her . Set the fore topsails and Head Sails which ...
Page 82
... ordered these jackets to be made very large , allowing , one with another , two yards and thirty - four inches of the cloth to each jacket . I sent also seven bales of the same cloth to the Swallow , which made every man on board a ...
... ordered these jackets to be made very large , allowing , one with another , two yards and thirty - four inches of the cloth to each jacket . I sent also seven bales of the same cloth to the Swallow , which made every man on board a ...
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