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Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893

Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893, Page 16

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9 What a difference! On the one hand the first beginning of navigation, on the other, the result of four centuries of increasing progress. But we must remember that all of this great development, this great advance in marine architecture, in marine engineering is due solely to invention. In the steel plates on the sides of the modern vessel the thoughtful observer sees the great progress which has been made in the mining of coal and iron and in the manufacture of steel. In the lighting and steering and lifting he cannot but note the enormous forward strides which have been made within the last few years in the practical application of electricity. Down in the room as he gazes on the immense
 
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