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- Rafter distance: 800 mm. - Parapet trimming to be joined with steel squares and hexagon-head wood screws.
Chapter 4 Rolf Becher 1993
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- Parapet transom is just cut to the length of 950 mm. Figure
Chapter 6 Rolf Becher 1993
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City landed the left wing of the regiment at Camp Parapet, just above
The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster Henry Hill Goodell
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The Parapet of the old Battery is raised to a proper Height, with a sufficient number of Ambersures -- As also the Parapet on the Fort Wall.
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston
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One hesitates to listen to such calumnious suggestions, but it must be admitted that for many long weeks we received an overwhelming proportion of "Apricot Jam" with which, popular as it originally was, the men became so "fed up" that they changed its name to "Parapet Jam," because, they explained, it was so invariably thrown over the parapet instead of being eaten.
The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 F. L. Morrison
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I was on guard for the first time at Camp Parapet.
The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion History, Reminiscences, Description of Battle of Irish Bend, Carrying of Pay Roll, Roster Henry Hill Goodell
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We toasted the King, the Allies, "Johnny Turk beyond the Parapet," and, above all, "Our People at home, God bless 'em!"
Tell England A Study in a Generation Ernest Raymond 1931
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The Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Herald of the Faith was befittingly commemorated, synchronizing with the completion of the Arcade and Parapet of His Sepulcher on Mount Carmel, marking the termination of the two-year, quarter million dollar enterprise.
Messages to the Bahá’í World: 1950–1957 1897-1957 Shoghi Effendi 1927
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Parapet, The top part of a front trench which Tommy constantly builds up and the Germans just as constantly knock down.
Over the Top Arthur Guy Empey 1923
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Our course of instruction at the Parapet-etic School was brought to a close late in the evening when we shouldered our packs, bade good-bye to our friends the Gloucesters, and marched back in the moonlight to our billets.
Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army James Norman Hall 1919
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