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Page 270
... forces water into the cylinder , whence it is per- mitted to escape by an outlet valve . Atmospheric pres- sure alone can only force water to a maximum height of about 34 feet , so the force pump was developed to drain deeper mines . In the ...
... forces water into the cylinder , whence it is per- mitted to escape by an outlet valve . Atmospheric pres- sure alone can only force water to a maximum height of about 34 feet , so the force pump was developed to drain deeper mines . In the ...
Page 279
... force for field operations . Their generals , among whom the veterans Fabius and M. Claudius Marcellus frequent- ly held the most important commands , rarely ventured to engage Hannibal in the open and contented themselves with ...
... force for field operations . Their generals , among whom the veterans Fabius and M. Claudius Marcellus frequent- ly held the most important commands , rarely ventured to engage Hannibal in the open and contented themselves with ...
Page 280
... force that Rome at first spared for this war was small in numbers and rested entirely upon its own resources , the generals Publius and Gnaeus Scipio , by skillful strategy and diplomacy , not only won over the peoples north of the Ebro ...
... force that Rome at first spared for this war was small in numbers and rested entirely upon its own resources , the generals Publius and Gnaeus Scipio , by skillful strategy and diplomacy , not only won over the peoples north of the Ebro ...
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