Whetter

I was much pleased with the dancing faun; and still better with the Lotti, or wrestlers, the attitudes of which are beautifully contrived to shew the different turns of the limbs, and the swelling of the muscles: but, what pleased me best of all the statues in the Tribuna was the Arrotino, commonly called the Whetter, and generally supposed to represent a slave, who in the act of whetting a knife, overhears the conspiracy of

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Daryl Whetter on Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh: In paraphrase, Ghosh's plot may seem designed to dramatize the opium trade, but Sea of Poppies is in fact intricately woven and resolutely entertaining, with escalating action and the self-motivated interaction of crisply demarcated characters ....

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Hannam, Whetter and I were the only inhabitants of the Hut at the time.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

On the 20th we had a calm morning, so Whetter and I set out for

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

Hodgeman joined Whetter and Bickerton in preparation for the air-tractor sledge's trip to the west.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

Whetter, Dr.L. A., at Main Base; the "Toggle King"; journey to the west; the Western Party; meteorological work; preparations for the air-tractor sledge trip; his birthday; on tent pitching; investigations of a snow ramp; return; return to Australia; account of

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

Whetter would describe some delicate surgical operation, while I talked about machinery.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

As the weather was fine, Hodgeman and Whetter went to investigate two odd-looking pyramids about five miles away.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

Bickerton, Whetter and Hannam carried on the routine of work; Whetter as meteorologist and Hannam as magnetician, while Bickerton was busied with the air-tractor and in preparations for sledging.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920

This proved to be Bickerton, Hodgeman and Whetter returning from their trip along the west coast.

The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920