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The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station.

William Falconer

William Falconer Biography

  Nationality: Scottish
Type: Poet

Born: 1732
Death: 1769
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