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the height and the surface, and very little upon the bulk of 

 the fluid, we may easily perceive what mischief may be done 

 by a very small quantity of water, if it happens to be ap- 

 plied or distributed, so as to stand high, in however thin a 

 body or column, and to spread over a wide but, confined and 

 shallow &>-*, 



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