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A lengthy series of experiments upon the illuminating power of mixtures of oil-gas and acetylene in proportions ranging between 10 and 50 per cent. of the latter, consumed in different burners and at different pressures, has been carried out by Borck, of the German State Railway
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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Oil-gas as made from Scotch and other good quality gas-oil in this country, usually has, after compression, an illuminating duty of about 8 candles per cubic foot, which is about double that of the compressed German oil-gas as examined by Borck.
Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use W. J. Atkinson Butterfield
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Borck, Baron C.W. von, translation of _Julius Caesar_ into German by,
A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892
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Borck, Prussian ambassador to London, had translated "Julius Caesar."
A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century 1886
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On the day of his arrival he commissioned his adjutant, General von Borck, to release Trenck from arrest, and send him to Berlin with a letter to the queen-mother; he was to have leave of absence till the next day.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843
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The tyrant Borck was ill, and could not come, otherwise my treatment would have been still more lamentable.
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 Friedrich Trenck 1760
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Borck was a stupid man, of an unfeeling heart, the slave of despotic orders; and as often as he thought it possible I might rid myself of my fetters and escape, his heart palpitated with fear.
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 Friedrich Trenck 1760
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The governor and sub-governor both visited me after some weeks, but far from imitating the brutality of Borck, the Landgrave spoke to me with mildness, promised me his interest to regain my freedom, when peace should be concluded; told me I had more friends than I supposed, and assured me I had not been forgotten by the Court at Vienna.
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 Friedrich Trenck 1760
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Immediately after this regulation, the sub-governor, General Borck, my bitter enemy, became insane, was dispossessed of his post, and Lieutenant -
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 Friedrich Trenck 1760
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The tyrant Borck was inexorable; he wished to expedite my death, and rid himself of his troubles and his terrors.
The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 Friedrich Trenck 1760
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