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... technique for detecting the pres- ence of objects underwater by acoustical echo . Having been developed during World War I , it antedates the bet- ter known radar , which uses electromagnetic echo . " Ac- tive sonar " employs an ...
... technique for detecting the pres- ence of objects underwater by acoustical echo . Having been developed during World War I , it antedates the bet- ter known radar , which uses electromagnetic echo . " Ac- tive sonar " employs an ...
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Cutting and leading techniques BU Painting and grinding techniques The development of leading in stained - glass windows ... technique of binding these pieces together with metal strips but that for treating the strips themselves as a ...
Cutting and leading techniques BU Painting and grinding techniques The development of leading in stained - glass windows ... technique of binding these pieces together with metal strips but that for treating the strips themselves as a ...
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... technique , the abrasion of flashed glass . Ruby glass , whose unique composition made this technique possible , was a laminated glass , although it appears to be coloured intrinsically throughout like all of the other glass in the ...
... technique , the abrasion of flashed glass . Ruby glass , whose unique composition made this technique possible , was a laminated glass , although it appears to be coloured intrinsically throughout like all of the other glass in the ...
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