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Ladles and gentlemen, the satellite industry in Canada, together with the rest of the information and communications industries, provides a powerhouse that is going to drive Canada's economy in the 21st century.
The Canadian Telecommunications Industry and Satellite TV in Canada 1997
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Ladles capable of holding the contents of one furnace, mounted upon platform cars, are successively filled at a previously determined interval of time and run on railways to a convenient position over the mould; before the first ladle is exhausted the supply from the succeeding one has commenced to run, and so on to the completion of the casting, the supply to the mould being uninterrupted during the entire process.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885 Various
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Ladles, when required, are to be made according to the patterns sent to each of the Navy Yards.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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Ladles for lesser guns could be proportioned (that is, shortened) from the master pattern.
Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Albert Manucy
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Ladles are also required in steel foundry work, and one of these for the Siemens-Martin process is illustrated by
Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 Various
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Ladles which may be on hand are to be tried in drawing projectiles from the guns before they are issued for service.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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Boil your Capon in water and salt, and a little dusty Oatmeal to make it look white, then take two or three Ladles full of Mutton Broth, a Faggot of sweet herbs, two or three Dates cut in long pieces, a few parboiled
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THE HONOURABLE G. HOWARD FERGUSON: Ladles and Gentlemen: I am going to ask our expert musical commentator to say a word on our behalf-The Reverend Dr. Parker.
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These Two Fellows were going among the Schoccores and Achonechy Indians, to sell their Wooden Bowls and Ladles for Raw-Skins, which they make great Advantage of, hating that any of these Westward Indians should have any Commerce with the English, which would prove a Hinderance to their Gains.
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Ladles were indispensable, and were varied in form and in the materials of which they were composed.
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