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N. of Venn Cross Station. The church contains a good panelled oak roof and a fine screen. In the chancel is a mutilated piscina. RADSTOCK, a small town 8-1/2 m. S.W. from Bath, with two stations close together in the centre of the main street. It possibly derives its name from its proximity to the Fosse Way. It is now the metropolis of the Somerset coalfield.
A pound of the best Welsh or anthracite coal is capable of raising from 9-1/2 to 10 lbs. of water from 212° into steam, whereas a pound of the best Newcastle is not capable of raising more than about 8-1/2 lbs. of water from 212° into steam; and inferior coals will not raise more than 6-1/2 lbs. of water into steam.
A. I will take for this purpose the locomotive Snake, constructed by John V. Gooch for the London and South Western Railway, as an example of a modern locomotive of good construction, adapted for the narrow gauge. The length of the wheel base of this engine is 12 feet 8-1/2 inches. There are two cylinders, each 14-1/4 inches diameter and 21 inches stroke.
He lived at Maugerville prior to April 22, 1765, for on that date he sold 8-1/2 lbs. of Beaver to Simonds & White for the sum of £2 2s. 6d., and purchased in return a number of articles including a pair of women's shoes at 5 shillings, and a pair of "men's pomps" at 7 shillings.
So that the question of how much we can get out of Germany is complicated by the further uncertainty of the size of the bill for damages that we can present. It will be big enough. We know that the Germans have sunk 8-1/2 million tons of British ships during the war.
In Prussia, for example, the proportion of military suicides to civilian suicides is 1-1/2 to 1; in England 2-1/2 to 1; in Italy 5 to 1; in Austria 10 to 1; and in Russia nearly 11 to 1. Even in the United States, the tendency of soldiers to kill themselves is 8-1/2 times that of adult men in civil life. This disproportionately high suicide rate in armies is not easy of explanation.
Bell metal, such as is used for large bells, consists of 4-1/2 ounces to 5 ounces of tin to the pound of copper; speculum metal consists of from 7-1/2 ounces to 8-1/2 ounces of tin to the pound of copper. Q. Will you explain the operation of erecting a pair of side lever engines in the workshop?
In the house which we selected for examination, in all respects the type of the rest, we found forty-three families where there should have been sixteen. Upon each floor were four flats, and in each flat three rooms that measured respectively 14 × 11, 7 × 11, and 7 × 8-1/2 feet. In only one flat did we find a single family. In three there were two to each.
Stretch a string tightly three inches above the ground, and lay the sides of the ladder on edge to right and left of it, their ends level. Adjust the bottom ends 8-1/2, the top ends 6-1/2 inches from the string, measuring from the outside.
Let's see, we've got " He figured while the wheel whirred "7 7-1/2 8 8-1/2." Cresswell listened, staggered to his feet, his face crimson and his hair wild. "My God, Taylor," he gasped. "I'm I'm a half a million ahead great heavens!" The ticker whirred, "8-3/4 9 9-1/2 10." Then it stopped dead. "Exchange closed," said Taylor. "We've cornered the market all right cornered it d'ye hear, Cresswell?
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