The Technical World Magazine, Volumes 20-21Technical World Company, 1913 |
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Page 20
... heat - cursed " selvas " tell you that " every tie in the two hundred miles of track cost a life , " or as one man very picturesquely put it , " Every tie rests on a human skull . " The men who built it fought the equatorial heat , the ...
... heat - cursed " selvas " tell you that " every tie in the two hundred miles of track cost a life , " or as one man very picturesquely put it , " Every tie rests on a human skull . " The men who built it fought the equatorial heat , the ...
Page 25
... heat literally ate the men's lives . Beri - beri and black- water fever packed the slatted - canvas company hospitals at Porto Velho with dying black men . White men devoured quinine to ward off jungle fevers , but the death rate among ...
... heat literally ate the men's lives . Beri - beri and black- water fever packed the slatted - canvas company hospitals at Porto Velho with dying black men . White men devoured quinine to ward off jungle fevers , but the death rate among ...
Page 27
... heat and under the big stars that burn in the velvety blackness of the tropical nights . Their death cries echoed through the walls of the makeshift hospitals in the little picket post of civilization . But beri - beri did not get all ...
... heat and under the big stars that burn in the velvety blackness of the tropical nights . Their death cries echoed through the walls of the makeshift hospitals in the little picket post of civilization . But beri - beri did not get all ...
Page 33
... heat of which bends them readily . THE FIRE SLIDE and intricate curves may be imagined . Nearby stands a motor - driven planing appliance , hardly less indispensable . It is remarkably efficient consists of a metal chute with a smooth ...
... heat of which bends them readily . THE FIRE SLIDE and intricate curves may be imagined . Nearby stands a motor - driven planing appliance , hardly less indispensable . It is remarkably efficient consists of a metal chute with a smooth ...
Page 61
... heat increased until , in spite of all my efforts , even after they were taken to an open window and later to the observation platform at the rear of the train where there was plenty of breeze , they grew hotter and hotter , and be ...
... heat increased until , in spite of all my efforts , even after they were taken to an open window and later to the observation platform at the rear of the train where there was plenty of breeze , they grew hotter and hotter , and be ...
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