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Page 282
... BUOY ABOUT TO BE TAKEN ASHORE FOR REPAIRS . dam . The levee was cut under at once and the dam weakened at its base . In one day the river cut its bed down five feet and a raging granite - shod torrent two hundred and fifty yards wide ...
... BUOY ABOUT TO BE TAKEN ASHORE FOR REPAIRS . dam . The levee was cut under at once and the dam weakened at its base . In one day the river cut its bed down five feet and a raging granite - shod torrent two hundred and fifty yards wide ...
Page 283
... buoy . So saddening is the influ- ence of its mournful , sighing notes , that the Light House Board has to weigh ... buoy , the roughness of the water , and the condition of the atmosphere . One peculiarity of the whistling buoy is that ...
... buoy . So saddening is the influ- ence of its mournful , sighing notes , that the Light House Board has to weigh ... buoy , the roughness of the water , and the condition of the atmosphere . One peculiarity of the whistling buoy is that ...
Page 284
... buoy down in the hollow , the water rushes up the tube , compressing the air and push- ing it out through the whistle , which makes the note . The higher the waves , the greater the air compression and the more air to a stroke , and ...
... buoy down in the hollow , the water rushes up the tube , compressing the air and push- ing it out through the whistle , which makes the note . The higher the waves , the greater the air compression and the more air to a stroke , and ...
Page 285
... buoy , the men , the ropes and the engine , all together and taking advantage of the proper moment to hoist this ... buoy con- sidered as an object of derricks and sweating men , but the romances of dan- ger and of quick wits at work at ...
... buoy , the men , the ropes and the engine , all together and taking advantage of the proper moment to hoist this ... buoy con- sidered as an object of derricks and sweating men , but the romances of dan- ger and of quick wits at work at ...
Page 399
... buoy for landing the workmen and taking them away every night to the mainland . A cable was stretched from the mast of a ship at anchor to the islet's crest ; and along this line the buoy travelled . It was merely a pair of short ...
... buoy for landing the workmen and taking them away every night to the mainland . A cable was stretched from the mast of a ship at anchor to the islet's crest ; and along this line the buoy travelled . It was merely a pair of short ...
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