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The French galleys , of which the principal stations were at Calais , Marseilles , and Dunkirk , were vessels of about 150 feet منصة feet in length , and 40 in . width . 46 The Hugonots at the Galleys .
The French galleys , of which the principal stations were at Calais , Marseilles , and Dunkirk , were vessels of about 150 feet منصة feet in length , and 40 in . width . 46 The Hugonots at the Galleys .
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feet in length , and 40 in . width . On either side of each galley were twenty - five tiers or benches , to each of which was attached a long and heavy oar , pulled by six convicts , who were chained by one leg to their bench .
feet in length , and 40 in . width . On either side of each galley were twenty - five tiers or benches , to each of which was attached a long and heavy oar , pulled by six convicts , who were chained by one leg to their bench .
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To each of these beams , at a distance of two feet apart , the convicts were secured by a chain a foot and a half long , attached to an iron collar , encircling their necks . The beam rising about two and a half feet from the floor ...
To each of these beams , at a distance of two feet apart , the convicts were secured by a chain a foot and a half long , attached to an iron collar , encircling their necks . The beam rising about two and a half feet from the floor ...
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He has also had the advantage of sitting at the feet of great masters , amongst whom he names the illustrious Baron Thenard and Gay - Lussac , whose lectures he attended at the Jardin des Plantes some thirty years ago .
He has also had the advantage of sitting at the feet of great masters , amongst whom he names the illustrious Baron Thenard and Gay - Lussac , whose lectures he attended at the Jardin des Plantes some thirty years ago .
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Mungo Park thus describes the process employed at Kamalia on the Niger : A circular hollow tower of clay , about 10 feet high and 3 feet diameter , was erected to serve as a furnace , being bound round with withes to prevent the clay ...
Mungo Park thus describes the process employed at Kamalia on the Niger : A circular hollow tower of clay , about 10 feet high and 3 feet diameter , was erected to serve as a furnace , being bound round with withes to prevent the clay ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 120 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1866 |
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