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Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893

Eccentricity of the Sextant by Frederic Furbish, 1893, Page 17

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expansion engines turning the huge shafts that revolve the great propelling screws he is brought face to face with the remarkable advance that has been made in mechanical engineering with in the last quarter of a century, yes, within the last five years. In the furnishings of the salons, in the magnificent tapestries, carpets and upholstery he notes the wonderful and varied power of the loom. And even in the bread on the table he can see the advance in agriculture, brought about by the invention of improved farming machinery, and the progress in milling due to new processes and superior machines. And so in all these things we can see what an important factor invention has been in the development
 
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