Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 633
1 I MADE OUT LIFE-BOAT AND STRUCK OUT FOR IT. (SEE PAGE 422.) oyster shells. They had to chop away the wreck-age with the oxy-acetylene torch; but I supposeyou dont know what that is. Indeed we do! I assured him. We sawone at work this summer. It s a flame of oxy-gen and acetylene that is so hot… … THE OFFICERS QUARTERS ON THE MAINE, SHOWING THE WOODEN PARTITIONS EATEN AWAY BY WORMS EXCEPTWHERE PROTECTED BY MUD. NOTE THE SHELL-INCRUSTED ELECTRIC-LIGHT BULB AT THE CEILING. Does nt it? Why, how is that? It seems the torch is not quite hot enough to melt the iron, but it raises it to a white…
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