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In painting upon glass, for instance, it is asserted that the brilliancy and finish of ordinary vitrified colors cannot be obtained. Glassware Reporter. Messrs. Korting bros., of London, induced by the interest that has been directed to the separate ventilation of mines in which fire-damp is apt to form, have adopted for this purpose their jet ventilator.
At sea. I have quite neglected my poor old journal for several weeks. But I have passed through an extraordinarily busy period. It was approved that I should relieve Korting, whose boat, the U.59, I discovered to be refitting at Wilhelmshaven.
Korting Bros. advance the following claims for this mode of ventilating mines: Certainty of action, no moving parts whatever, and, consequently, no need of lubrication; no need of attention. Mech. World.
I suppose Korting, being a married man, wants to stay near his wife. I cannot write that word without painful memories of Zoe and idle thoughts of what might have been. Well, perhaps it is for the best.
On the strength of this I have wired to Fritz, and asked him to try and fix up an exchange between me and Korting, provided the latter is agreeable and the people in Max's office have no objection. I have a recollection that Korting's boat is one of the U.40 U.60 class, which would suit me admirably, and, as for destination, I care not where it is, provided only that it be far from Bruges.
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