Blackwood's Magazine, Volumes 263-264W. Blackwood, 1948 - England |
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Page 327
... steam formed against the main boiler fronts as the steam rushed through the empty tube - holes ; the auxiliary boiler recoiled from the cushion and away it went . But I'm sure there was more to it than that . Come for'a'd . " They ...
... steam formed against the main boiler fronts as the steam rushed through the empty tube - holes ; the auxiliary boiler recoiled from the cushion and away it went . But I'm sure there was more to it than that . Come for'a'd . " They ...
Page 328
... Steam's a damnable thing when it gets away with you , " he said . " Do you understand it now ? No ? Well , to tell you the honest truth , I'm not sure either . " ... The captain shook his head dubiously . " No , in spite of your lucid ...
... Steam's a damnable thing when it gets away with you , " he said . " Do you understand it now ? No ? Well , to tell you the honest truth , I'm not sure either . " ... The captain shook his head dubiously . " No , in spite of your lucid ...
Page 356
... steam are worth recalling . " The old sailors , " he says , " who had not bestridden a yard for months , leaped aloft with a will on the order to loose the topsails . The race of sailors has not yet entirely died out , though the ...
... steam are worth recalling . " The old sailors , " he says , " who had not bestridden a yard for months , leaped aloft with a will on the order to loose the topsails . The race of sailors has not yet entirely died out , though the ...
Contents
A BUNGALOW WITH FOUR | 107 |
A DAYS OUTING IN WESTERN MACEDONIA | 377 |
AIRMENS OUTINGS | 472 |
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