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sluice

[sloos] / slus /


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It’s a fitting location for Gandhi’s most dynamic house to date: Sluice Point.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2020

Richmond is now on his seventh prototype of the Sluice Goose, but he has no desire to manufacture the device.

From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2018

Richmond said that to his knowledge, his Sluice Goose is the only one in existence.

From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2018

Richmond’s new Sluice Goose uses water pressure to create a swirling tube of water and also relies on gravity to separate the lighter dirt and mineral particles from heavier gold particles.

From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2018

In case of success, Lewis was to have the inland provinces; the prince of Orange, Holland in sovereignty; and Charles, Sluice, the Brille, Walkeren, with the rest of the seaports as far as Mazeland Sluice.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. by Hume, David




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