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Jack remarked that the jack-screw worked very slowly.— The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
By the aid of the jack-screw and levers, we raised and brought to the shore two large pieces of lead from the raft.— The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
Accordingly I got on board as before, and prepared a second raft far more nice then the first, upon which I brought away the carpenter's stores, two or three bags full of nails, a great jack-screw, a dozen or two of hatchets, and— The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)
I sent Fritz to bring me the jack-screw, and, in the mean time, sawed a thick round pole into pieces; then raising the fore-part of our work by means of the powerful machine,— The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
We selected such planks as were fit for our purpose; then, by the aid of our _jack-screw_ and some levers we had brought with us, we extricated the planks from the sand, and floated them; and, binding the spars and yards together with cords, with the planks above them, like a raft, we tied them to the stern of our boat, and hoisted our sail.— The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island
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