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Early in the Second World War, the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, launched a daring raid into the anchorage of the Royal Navy’s major base at …
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For checking and verification, and sometimes just a nudge for memory at the right time, a mechanical engineer needs top quality reference books.
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Is it a fact that windmills and cell towers kill millions of birds every year? Many activists are concerned over mankind’s intrusion into …
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