Let's just get this over with. I'm sure we've all got things we'd rather be doing

The declivity of the keel blocks varies slightly with the size of the vessel. The larger the vessel, the less the declivity.

Your plan provides Browne with two charming wives and gives me but one. […] But, my lord, said Saunders, doesn't the plan give Lady Deppingham two husbands? It's quite a fair division. It would make Lord Deppingham my husband-in-law, I imagine, said Drusilla quaintly. I've always had a horror of husbands-in-law. And you would be my wife-in-law, supplemented Lady Agnes. How interesting!

Last, door systems are examined, particularly locking and latching mechanisms, door openers and door closers.