Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 219
(if you can) set the crew of theDunderberg to telling stories. Little by little, one picks up lore of the divers—small things, yet edifying. In summera diver wears underneath his suit, to keep himcool, the same flannel shirt and thick woolensocks that he wears in winter to keep himwarm. But he… … THE CHUTE THATTH SEPARATES THE COAL FROM THE WATER. IT WILL DISCHARGEIRTY-FIVE OR FORTY TONS OF COAL AN HOUR. spires very freely, and a little work brings himto the limit of his strength, the strain beingchiefly on the lungs. The deeper he goes themore exhausting becomes every effort. A diver often…
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