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... doubt makes his plans , as far as may be practicable , upon the system indicated by the humorist , who advises people never to prophesy unless they happen to know , but the nature of his knowledge is almost always to some extent removed ...
... doubt makes his plans , as far as may be practicable , upon the system indicated by the humorist , who advises people never to prophesy unless they happen to know , but the nature of his knowledge is almost always to some extent removed ...
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... doubt , be brought about very largely through the utilisation of Nature's waste energy in the service of mankind . Water- falls , after being very largely neglected for two or three generations , are now command- ing attention as ...
... doubt , be brought about very largely through the utilisation of Nature's waste energy in the service of mankind . Water- falls , after being very largely neglected for two or three generations , are now command- ing attention as ...
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... doubt . The relative advantages of reclaiming a given area of soil for purposes of cultivation , and of converting the same land into a tidal basin in order to generate power through the inward and outward flow of the sea - water , were ...
... doubt . The relative advantages of reclaiming a given area of soil for purposes of cultivation , and of converting the same land into a tidal basin in order to generate power through the inward and outward flow of the sea - water , were ...
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... doubt that , as Lord Kelvin remarked in the address already quoted , " the little thing wanted to let the thing be done is cheap windmills " . This , however , leads to another part of the problem . The costliness of the best modern ...
... doubt that , as Lord Kelvin remarked in the address already quoted , " the little thing wanted to let the thing be done is cheap windmills " . This , however , leads to another part of the problem . The costliness of the best modern ...
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... doubt must detract from the merits of such a wind - motor , judged simply on the basis of actual area of sail employed . But when the matter of cost alone is taken as the standard , the advantages are much more evenly balanced than they ...
... doubt must detract from the merits of such a wind - motor , judged simply on the basis of actual area of sail employed . But when the matter of cost alone is taken as the standard , the advantages are much more evenly balanced than they ...
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