The Technical World Magazine, Volume 21Technical World Company, 1914 |
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Page 23
... sand miles before the human mind can conceive of such a distance . So soon as this becomes known , we will carry the news of the world inconceivably fast . Our company will reap great profits thereby , and from these we will pay you ...
... sand miles before the human mind can conceive of such a distance . So soon as this becomes known , we will carry the news of the world inconceivably fast . Our company will reap great profits thereby , and from these we will pay you ...
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... sand feet into the valley of the Acon- cagua below . A dangerous possibility lurked in the fact that an earthquake or a snowslide was liable to precipitate the flood at any time , but Ameri- can engineers have tunneled up to the bed of ...
... sand feet into the valley of the Acon- cagua below . A dangerous possibility lurked in the fact that an earthquake or a snowslide was liable to precipitate the flood at any time , but Ameri- can engineers have tunneled up to the bed of ...
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... sand wrinkles in her face and she looks her age , but in her actions she is sixty . Up until a very few years ago , when still past the hun- dred - year mark , Mrs. Wagoner kept a large garden and was able to work in the fields . While ...
... sand wrinkles in her face and she looks her age , but in her actions she is sixty . Up until a very few years ago , when still past the hun- dred - year mark , Mrs. Wagoner kept a large garden and was able to work in the fields . While ...
Page 47
... sand began to boil up into the center of the excavation , sliding in from all around the sides . This drew the soil from under the foundations of several nearby navy shops and the big buildings settled dan- gerously . be of masonry ...
... sand began to boil up into the center of the excavation , sliding in from all around the sides . This drew the soil from under the foundations of several nearby navy shops and the big buildings settled dan- gerously . be of masonry ...
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... sands . Not only did this wall fail to overcome the shifting of the sand , but under pressure of earth and water it began to slide inward . There was more trouble with breaking sewers and finally the big power plant at the head of the ...
... sands . Not only did this wall fail to overcome the shifting of the sand , but under pressure of earth and water it began to slide inward . There was more trouble with breaking sewers and finally the big power plant at the head of the ...
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