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Can you tell me how the sails are trimmed and what the course is to obtain such speed ? -M . H. In sailing an ice yacht , the sheets are trimmed flat . The closest a boat will go to the wind is 30 ° or 2 2-3 points . The best course or ...
Can you tell me how the sails are trimmed and what the course is to obtain such speed ? -M . H. In sailing an ice yacht , the sheets are trimmed flat . The closest a boat will go to the wind is 30 ° or 2 2-3 points . The best course or ...
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Considering that several thousand distinct impacts are made upon the brain of a person of average intelligence and alertness in the course of a single day , we must admit that the number of possible combinations is practically infinite ...
Considering that several thousand distinct impacts are made upon the brain of a person of average intelligence and alertness in the course of a single day , we must admit that the number of possible combinations is practically infinite ...
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It may be stated . as an economic law that " as failures increase , so do fires , and as they decrease , the fire record follows the same course . ' claims . And often little or no effort is made , even by professedly honest people ...
It may be stated . as an economic law that " as failures increase , so do fires , and as they decrease , the fire record follows the same course . ' claims . And often little or no effort is made , even by professedly honest people ...
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Tapping the Gunnison Canyon | 18 |
How the Blood Defends the Body | 24 |
Sea Will Succor a Famished | 32 |
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