Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 39F. Hunt, 1858 - Commerce |
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fortified in every accessible part , with a rampart of stone upwards of thirty feet high , and a ditch eighty feet wide ; a space of two hundred yards was left without a rampart , on the side next the sea , and inclosed with pickets ...
fortified in every accessible part , with a rampart of stone upwards of thirty feet high , and a ditch eighty feet wide ; a space of two hundred yards was left without a rampart , on the side next the sea , and inclosed with pickets ...
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down pickets with grappling irons , and scale walls thirty feet high with ladders , all in the space of one short night !! On the 24th of March the fleet and transports of Massachusetts troops sailed from Nantasket Roads . They harbored ...
down pickets with grappling irons , and scale walls thirty feet high with ladders , all in the space of one short night !! On the 24th of March the fleet and transports of Massachusetts troops sailed from Nantasket Roads . They harbored ...
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... feet ( which will answer all such purposes ) a given vessel will stow , or what number of passengers her space may accommodate , and , also , how many tons of goods , & c . , she can carry . Information on the first point is only to be ...
... feet ( which will answer all such purposes ) a given vessel will stow , or what number of passengers her space may accommodate , and , also , how many tons of goods , & c . , she can carry . Information on the first point is only to be ...
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... feet each ; so that it is only necessary to multiply such capacity by 100 ( add- ing two cyphers to the right ) and the entire internal space of the vessel , in cubic feet , is immediately shown , and from which an owner can cal- culate ...
... feet each ; so that it is only necessary to multiply such capacity by 100 ( add- ing two cyphers to the right ) and the entire internal space of the vessel , in cubic feet , is immediately shown , and from which an owner can cal- culate ...
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... feet each , the result shows to what extent the former law was imperfect in its operation . The system of external measurement which we advocate for adoption in conjunction with the above , would differ in no respect from it , except in ...
... feet each , the result shows to what extent the former law was imperfect in its operation . The system of external measurement which we advocate for adoption in conjunction with the above , would differ in no respect from it , except in ...
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Page 270 - Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all on earth ; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world.
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