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Side 9
... termaking some improvements in the stamengines above ground , I was then
requested by the manager of the colliery to go underground along with him to see
if any improvements could be made in the mines , by employing machinery as a ...
... termaking some improvements in the stamengines above ground , I was then
requested by the manager of the colliery to go underground along with him to see
if any improvements could be made in the mines , by employing machinery as a ...
Side 10
Strangely enough , there was a railway of this kind across the fields from the coal
- pits of Tranent to the small seaport Cockenzie , when the battle of Prestonpans
was fought on the ground in 1745 - which line of rails , honoured by having been
...
Strangely enough , there was a railway of this kind across the fields from the coal
- pits of Tranent to the small seaport Cockenzie , when the battle of Prestonpans
was fought on the ground in 1745 - which line of rails , honoured by having been
...
Side 4
He counted the paving stones one by one , doubtless to prove if his former
calculations of this important matter were correct . With eyes bent to the ground ,
he perceived an unusual appearance between two of the stones . It was but a
very little ...
He counted the paving stones one by one , doubtless to prove if his former
calculations of this important matter were correct . With eyes bent to the ground ,
he perceived an unusual appearance between two of the stones . It was but a
very little ...
Side 8
He contrived to have a letter conveyed to the commander - in - chief , assuring
him that a frost would set in within fourteen days ; he , either believing what he
wished , or really putting faith in a prisoner's experience , maintained his ground
...
He contrived to have a letter conveyed to the commander - in - chief , assuring
him that a frost would set in within fourteen days ; he , either believing what he
wished , or really putting faith in a prisoner's experience , maintained his ground
...
Side 29
Yet to him the lion gives up its dwelling , and he robs the bear of its skin to make
his first garments ; he plucks the horn from the bull , and this is his first weapon ;
and he digs the ground beneath his feet to seek instruments of future power .
Yet to him the lion gives up its dwelling , and he robs the bear of its skin to make
his first garments ; he plucks the horn from the bull , and this is his first weapon ;
and he digs the ground beneath his feet to seek instruments of future power .
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