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Nature (London), 1877-07, Vol.16 (404), p.256-258 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 0028-0836 ;EISSN: 1476-4687 ;DOI: 10.1038/016256a0

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  • Is Part Of: Nature (London), 1877-07, Vol.16 (404), p.256-258
  • Description: THE annual meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers opened on Tuesday at Bristol. Mr. T. Hawksley, C.E., in his opening address, said it was the duty of the government to adopt such timely measures as would secure to us the paths Of the ocean for our food inwards and our manufactures outwards. He deprecated the building of enormous and unwieldy floating castles, and advocated the construction of a fleet of swift, light, well-engined ships, equally capable of sailing or steaming, He thought the extreme action of some of the working classes the cause of England's trades going fabroad. There was a conversazione in the evening.
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0028-0836
    EISSN: 1476-4687
    DOI: 10.1038/016256a0
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection

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