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Here, on a grass plot behind the house, he made active preparations for the erection of a twenty-foot telescope.
THE STORY OF THE HERSCHELSANONYMOUS
It was a literal crucifixion, without the erection of the cross.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF COL. DANIEL BOONE, HUNTER, SOLDIER, AND PIONEEREDWARD SYLVESTER ELLIS
One of the principal difficulties in the erection of this bridge has been the trouble of getting the material to the spot.
CHATTERBOX, 1906VARIOUS
The permanent Medical Building was then in the course of erection.
THE JOURNAL OF NEGRO HISTORY, VOLUME 3, 1918VARIOUS
The cableway is much used in the erection of masonry piers for bridges across rivers or valleys.
THE ROMANCE OF MODERN MECHANISMARCHIBALD WILLIAMS
In 1829 Dr. McLoughlin began the erection of a sawmill at the falls.
DR. JOHN MCLOUGHLIN, THE FATHER OF OREGONFREDERICK VAN VOORHIES HOLMAN
The West Front is an erection of Wyatt's, and need not be noticed.
THE CATHEDRALS OF GREAT BRITAINP. H. DITCHFIELD
The price was to include the erection, at one end of the boat, of a snug cover of rushes for his use.
WITH FREDERICK THE GREATG. A. HENTY
In the following early summer, the undaunted workers began again, and completed an erection of three storeys by September.
GRACE DARLINGEVA HOPE
There has been a certain amount of rivalry exhibited in their erection.
FORTY THOUSAND MILES OVER LAND AND WATERLADY (ETHEL GWENDOLINE [MOFFATT]) VINCENT

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