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To: Ikeon

I recently read a WWII novel based on Midway. The author spent several chapters describing the utter complexity of refiring a boiler to make steam to move an aircraft carrier.


11 posted on 11/29/2021 5:33:36 AM PST by cyclotic (I won't give up my FREEDOM for your FEAR)
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To: cyclotic
The author spent several chapters describing the utter complexity of refiring a boiler to make steam to move an aircraft carrier.

Hermann Melville?

(Exhaustive Moby Dick descriptions reference)

16 posted on 11/29/2021 9:43:27 AM PST by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: cyclotic

Sand Pebbles: Live Steam/Sleepy Steam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot1IbWXZIao


17 posted on 11/29/2021 3:24:51 PM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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