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Interior of a Stevenson screen. The interior size of the screen will depend on the number of instruments that are to be used. A single screen may measure 76.5 by 61 by 59.3 cm (30.1 by 24.0 by 23.3 in) and a double screen 76.5 by 105 by 59.3 cm (30.1 by 41.3 by 23.3 in). The unit is either supported by four metal or wooden legs or a wooden post.
Illustration to Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Bottle Imp" by William Hatherell (1855–1928) Island Nights' Entertainments (also known as South Sea Tales) is a collection of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1893. It would prove to contain some of his final completed work before his death in 1894.
In 1889 Stevenson also visited the leper colony on the island of MolokaŹ»i and met Father Damien there. Therefore, he had a first-hand experience from the fate of lepers. [ 6 ] Several times Stevenson uses the Hawaiian word Haole , which is the usual term for Caucasians , for example describing the last owner of the bottle.
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Does anyone have a first date [year, even] for the use (occasional or widespread) of a Stevenson screen? Autochthony asked - 2012 09 21 2257 Z 109.154.21.249 ( talk ) 22:57, 21 September 2012 (UTC) [ reply ]
The Marine Stores Guide [1] is widely considered to be the world’s leading reference source in the marine industry for maritime purchasing and supply. The Guide provides a universal coding system to facilitate communication between crew, owner and supplier, making the specification and supply of goods simple, quick and effective.
Numeric codes are prefixed by the page number. A codebook is a type of document used for gathering and storing cryptography codes. Originally, codebooks were often literally books, but today "codebook" is a byword for the complete record of a series of codes, regardless of physical format.
Stevenson identified several states of these watermarks in the book, reflecting the aging of the watermark as stress was repeatedly applied to the screen in making the paper. He identified the same watermarks in other books which included their dates of printing or were otherwise firmly datable.