The young sea officer's sheet anchor
by Darcy Lever · first published 1843
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…ritual words: "I refute you thus!" ;) (http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=670519) [3] Man, was the H.M.S. Victory high technology. For a contemporary high-level technical manual I recommend The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor, published in 1819.
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