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Scientific American, Vol. 88, No. 15 (1903) (1903)

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they had steep banks between two and three feet, yet these tree planting, but in Africa they were used for mak- have not until quite recently been used by British were negotiated with safety; and although the, wheels ing shelter trenches, and also ditches along the sides sank often to the hub in… … about 60 miles— some little time, in a day; that it but as soon as of the ditches, yet nothing stopped the engines’ prog- could easily travel at the rate of 8 miles an hour, and, possible they were sent up by rail to Frere and ress. A speed of eight miles an hour was obtained, when necessary to get…

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