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for liquefying air that compressed air passing
So well is this principle carried out in Dr. Hamp-son's apparatus for liquefying air that compressed air passing into the coil at ordinary temperature without other means of refrigeration begins to liquefy in about six minutes—a result that seems almost miraculous when it is understood that the essential mechanism by which this is brought about is contained in a cylinder only eighteen inches long and seven inches in diameter.
— from A History of Science — Volume 5 by Edward Huntington Williams

for Lord and the copula and prefixed
3 a Jehovah is substituted for Lord , and the copula "and" prefixed to b .
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 3 Psalms XC.-CL. by Alexander Maclaren

from London and the country and perhaps
Every thing, however, went on smoothly and prosperously; and I had no lack of visitors, who were very numerous, both from London and the country, and perhaps no nobleman in London was better supplied with game than I was.
— from Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 by Henry Hunt

faithfully looking after the castle and planning
Bayaya did his duty faithfully, looking after the castle and planning diversions for the princesses to keep them happy and cheerful.
— from Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Parker Fillmore


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