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Show The name "Jacob's ladder" (a I boat used in the navy, is borrowed borrow-ed from a dream of the .famous Biblical character, Jacob. In his dream, he saw a ladder ascending ascend-ing from earth to heaven, and because most sailors can remember remem-ber what an awful long climb it seemed, their first time aboard ily appreciate the significance of ship via this route, one can read-the read-the nickname. "Tonnage" originally had nothing no-thing to do with the weight or displacement of a vessel. It merely mere-ly denoted the size of a ship by the number of "tuns" (barrels of wine) which she could stow in her hold. The senate will now conduct an investigation to find out why so many people recently voted in Nebraska. |