Matthew Parker
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“The square of every prime number is one more than a multiple of 24.”
― Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension
― Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension
“The food is awful,” Jan wrote, “and cooked in such a way that no civilized white man can stand it for more than a week or two … Almost all the food is fried. They feed us fried green bananas, boiled rice, and foul-smelling salt fish. It rains so much that honest to goodness my hat is getting mouldy on my head… I haven't had on a pair of dry shoes in weeks.”
― Panama Fever: The Epic Story of the Building of the Panama Canal
― Panama Fever: The Epic Story of the Building of the Panama Canal
“Blanchet himself turned his attention to the rivers, establishing observation posts on the Chagres, Trinidad, Obispo, and the Río Grande; these were equipped with fluviographs, which confirmed the challenge that the rainy season would bring to the successful construction and running of the canal, with rivers rising 20 feet in as many hours and their rate of discharge increasing overnight from 3,000 to over 60,000 cubic feet per second. By”
― Panama Fever: The Epic Story of the Building of the Panama Canal
― Panama Fever: The Epic Story of the Building of the Panama Canal
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