The Technical World Magazine, Volume 18Technical World Company, 1912 |
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Page 4
... stand a loss of a quarter of a million because the engineer in charge paid too much attention to plans and not enough to men and their needs . The con- tract involved the construction of a large dam in a desert , across an erratic river ...
... stand a loss of a quarter of a million because the engineer in charge paid too much attention to plans and not enough to men and their needs . The con- tract involved the construction of a large dam in a desert , across an erratic river ...
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... stand the inferior food . privacy of separate sleeping apartments . He employed matronly women cooks . He insisted upon cleanliness . He built a steam - bath for the Japanese , laid out a Japanese garden for them . He installed tennis ...
... stand the inferior food . privacy of separate sleeping apartments . He employed matronly women cooks . He insisted upon cleanliness . He built a steam - bath for the Japanese , laid out a Japanese garden for them . He installed tennis ...
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... standing half a dozen manor houses which claim the credit of sheltering Jef- ferson for the next forty - eight hours ... stand- ing , and adjourned formally to meet the next day at Staunton , forty miles away across the Blue Ridge . In ...
... standing half a dozen manor houses which claim the credit of sheltering Jef- ferson for the next forty - eight hours ... stand- ing , and adjourned formally to meet the next day at Staunton , forty miles away across the Blue Ridge . In ...
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... stands on the spot where bold Jack kept the Swan Tavern in the brave days of old . Doubtless if some poet will first put Jack and his bay mare into rhyme , and have the poem printed in the school books , New England will start a ...
... stands on the spot where bold Jack kept the Swan Tavern in the brave days of old . Doubtless if some poet will first put Jack and his bay mare into rhyme , and have the poem printed in the school books , New England will start a ...
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... stand for " what they considered the unduly optimistic statements it contained . But , in some un- explained way , the report fell into the hands of the land sharks , who used it in their advertising matter with most telling effect ...
... stand for " what they considered the unduly optimistic statements it contained . But , in some un- explained way , the report fell into the hands of the land sharks , who used it in their advertising matter with most telling effect ...
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