The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station.
-- William Falconer
   
William Falconer   Name:
William Falconer
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
Scottish
Birth:
1732
Death:
1769
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