The National Almanac and Annual RecordGeorge W. Childs., 1863 - Almanacs, American |
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... yards , all the. officers . Many of the civilians have been trained in the Survey , entering as aids , and rising up by experience and merit to superior grades : these are called upon for duty of every kind . The officers of the army and ...
... yards , all the. officers . Many of the civilians have been trained in the Survey , entering as aids , and rising up by experience and merit to superior grades : these are called upon for duty of every kind . The officers of the army and ...
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selection of sites for navy - yards , all the essential facts and figures are furnished by the surveyor . That no coast can be effectively attacked , defended , or blockaded , without accurate maps and charts , needs no demonstration ...
selection of sites for navy - yards , all the essential facts and figures are furnished by the surveyor . That no coast can be effectively attacked , defended , or blockaded , without accurate maps and charts , needs no demonstration ...
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... yards . But English experimental guns - by far the most powerful ever fabricated- have proved , within a few months ... Yard , is very light , but has fired a double 224 - lb . shot with 45 pounds of powder . If hooped on the principle ...
... yards . But English experimental guns - by far the most powerful ever fabricated- have proved , within a few months ... Yard , is very light , but has fired a double 224 - lb . shot with 45 pounds of powder . If hooped on the principle ...
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... yards , guns against which 41⁄2 - inch solid plates are proof . But there was no wood behind the laminated targets . To what extent backing would have modified the result , the expe- rimenters themselves do not pretend to know ; yet ...
... yards , guns against which 41⁄2 - inch solid plates are proof . But there was no wood behind the laminated targets . To what extent backing would have modified the result , the expe- rimenters themselves do not pretend to know ; yet ...
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... Yards and Docks has charge of all the navy - yards , docks , and wharves , buildings , and machinery , in navy - yards , and every thing immediately connected with them . It is also charged with the management of the Naval Asylum . The ...
... Yards and Docks has charge of all the navy - yards , docks , and wharves , buildings , and machinery , in navy - yards , and every thing immediately connected with them . It is also charged with the management of the Naval Asylum . The ...
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