Deeds of a Great Railway: A Record of the Enterprise and Achievements of the London and North-western Railway Company During the Great WarJ. Murray, 1920 - 217 páginas |
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Página 56
... standard sizes and gauges , ready to replace at a moment's notice existing parts worn out or damaged in the field ? Here , in motley assembly , are just a few : arcs , axles , bands , bearings , chains , collars , connectors , crank ...
... standard sizes and gauges , ready to replace at a moment's notice existing parts worn out or damaged in the field ? Here , in motley assembly , are just a few : arcs , axles , bands , bearings , chains , collars , connectors , crank ...
Página 106
... standard ordained . But amazing though it may seem ( so tightly can the reel of official red tape be wound ) , notwith- standing Mr. Cook's offer and ability to furnish this supply of special high - grade steel , further Government ...
... standard ordained . But amazing though it may seem ( so tightly can the reel of official red tape be wound ) , notwith- standing Mr. Cook's offer and ability to furnish this supply of special high - grade steel , further Government ...
Página 132
... standard Ford brakes . A " skefko " type of ball - bearing fitted to the original tractors , had perforce to be super- seded by brass floating bushes owing to ever- increasing demands in connection with the manufacture of aeroplanes ...
... standard Ford brakes . A " skefko " type of ball - bearing fitted to the original tractors , had perforce to be super- seded by brass floating bushes owing to ever- increasing demands in connection with the manufacture of aeroplanes ...
Página 162
... responsible for the gigantic nature of the task imposed was to be found in " the establish- ment of a higher standard of comfort for the UNPARALLELED 163 troops . " The force of the logic 162 1914-18 PASSENGERS AND GOODS.
... responsible for the gigantic nature of the task imposed was to be found in " the establish- ment of a higher standard of comfort for the UNPARALLELED 163 troops . " The force of the logic 162 1914-18 PASSENGERS AND GOODS.
Página 198
... standard of health and moral of the opposing forces " ; and because " the feeding and health of the fighting forces are dependent upon the rear- ward services , so it may be argued that with the rearward services rests victory or defeat ...
... standard of health and moral of the opposing forces " ; and because " the feeding and health of the fighting forces are dependent upon the rear- ward services , so it may be argued that with the rearward services rests victory or defeat ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 206 - They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
Página 16 - Soon shall thy arm, unconquered Steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car ; Or, on wide-waving wings expanded bear The flying chariot through the fields of air...
Página 28 - It is my royal and Imperial command that you concentrate your energies, for the immediate present, upon one single purpose, and that is that you address all your skill and all the valour of my soldiers to exterminate first the treacherous English and to walk over General French's contemptible little Army.
Página 138 - The horror of the shell-hole area of Verdun was surpassed. It was no longer life at all. It was mere unspeakable suffering. And through this world of mud the attackers dragged themselves, slowly, but steadily, and in dense masses. Caught in the advanced zone by our hail of fire they often collapsed and the lonely man in the shell-hole breathed again.
Página 6 - This assurance is of course subject to the policy of His Majesty's Government receiving the support of Parliament, and must not be taken as binding His Majesty's Government to take any action...
Página 6 - ... it would be fatal to the honour and security of the United Kingdom to hesitate in supporting France and Russia at the present juncture, and we offer our unhesitating support to the Government in any measures they may consider necessary for that object.
Página 115 - The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
Página 91 - And when the strife is fierce, the warfare long, Steals on the ear the distant triumph-song, And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Página 7 - But this I know is true — after the guarantee given that the German fleet would not attack the coast of France or annex any French territory, I would not have been party to a declaration of war, had Belgium not been invaded, and I think I can say the same thing for most, if not all, of my colleagues. If Germany had been wise, she would not have set foot on Belgian soil. The Liberal Government then would not have intervened. Germany made a grave mistake.
Página 152 - At this grave moment in our national history I send to you, and through you to the officers and men of the fleets of which you have assumed command, the assurance of my confidence that under your direction they will revive and renew the old glories of the royal navy, and prove once again the sure shield of Britain and of her empire in the hour of trial.