Punch, Volume 223Punch Publications Limited, 1952 - English wit and humor |
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Page 138
... miles per hour . She was steaming on a straight course with no tiresome corners or competitors . ( What a bore , by the way , is all this business of " land - miles " and " sea - miles " ! Surely , to men of the same nation , a " mile ...
... miles per hour . She was steaming on a straight course with no tiresome corners or competitors . ( What a bore , by the way , is all this business of " land - miles " and " sea - miles " ! Surely , to men of the same nation , a " mile ...
Page 345
... miles . " So ten parasangs would be nearly 40 ( land ) miles , not a bad walk . ( Note that this column has had to do a sum- probably wrongly - to turn nau- tical into land miles . But how ridiculous ! ) " " ARE YOU CONSCIOUS ? Then ...
... miles . " So ten parasangs would be nearly 40 ( land ) miles , not a bad walk . ( Note that this column has had to do a sum- probably wrongly - to turn nau- tical into land miles . But how ridiculous ! ) " " ARE YOU CONSCIOUS ? Then ...
Page 346
... miles , and some in land miles - and do not always say which they mean . The mile " you cover by motor on the Brighton front is 240 yards shorter than the mile covered by the coast- ing steamer you can see . You can't tell this column ...
... miles , and some in land miles - and do not always say which they mean . The mile " you cover by motor on the Brighton front is 240 yards shorter than the mile covered by the coast- ing steamer you can see . You can't tell this column ...
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