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Roadway of spar bridge.—For infantry in fours crowded the transoms should have a diam. of not less than 9 ins. for a span of 15 ft.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss
Circassia, flint lock, muzzle, 4½ in. diam., barrel etched, stock inlaid with arabesque patterns, very fine and rare.
From American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 by Wm. B. Norman
Embryo of a Squilla, magnified 45 diam. a. heart.
From Facts and Arguments for Darwin by Fritz Muller
Small Sliding Microtome, length of bed 21 cm, heavy knife-carrier, object clamp for specimen 25 mm diam., micrometer screw with disc graduated into 100 degrees, each division representing a motion of 0,005 mm.
From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Ernst Leitz
"Wanted—a Pair of Lady's Riding Boots, black or brown, size of foot 4, diam. of calf 14 inches."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 31, 1917 by Various
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