question: Chapter 4: Among The Islands.

"Now, let us go through our calculations again," the captain said when they entered his cabin.

"How long will you be, Captain?" the first mate asked.

"Half an hour, Standing."

"Then I will come again or, if you want me before that, send for me," and the first mate went out on deck again, for though well skilled to handle a ship in all weathers, and as brave and hardy a seaman as sailed out of Plymouth, James Standing could neither read nor write; and though in a rough sort of way he could reckon the course a ship should lie, and make allowance for leeway and currents and baffling winds, and could bring a ship into any port in England or the Low Countries, he was of no use in a matter of this kind.

Pengarvan was a good scholar, and Reuben had taught him what he knew of navigation, and always made him keep a log from the time when he first became a mate; at first comparing their calculations every day, and then but once a week; arguing over the allowances each had made for tide and leeway; and sometimes finding to his surprise, on arriving in port, that Pengarvan's calculations were even nearer to the truth than his own.

This was a great satisfaction to him, for he felt that, if aught should happen to himself when on a voyage, Pengarvan could be trusted to bring the Swan home, as safely and surely as he could himself. Roger had, for the last two years, been going through the same schooling; but as yet he was very far from attaining accuracy, being unwilling to make sufficient allowance for the great leeway that a vessel, in those days, made with the wind abeam.
1. Where are they?
2. Where are they holding their conversation?
3. Does the conversation take place on land?
4. Where are they?
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answer: 1. England
2. Plymouth
3. No
4. Cabin of a ship

CHAPTER XXIV

THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING BOY

"Tom isn't here!"

It was Dick who uttered the words, as of a sudden he wheeled around on the dark trail and tried to penetrate the blackness of night behind them.

"Isn't here?" demanded Jack Wumble, while Sam set up a cry of dismay.

"No. Tom! Tom!"

Sam joined in the cry, and so did the old miner, but as we already know, it was useless.

"This is the wust yet!" growled Jack Wumble. "I told ye all to keep close to me."

"Perhaps he fell asleep-- I know he was dead tired," answered Dick, hitting the plain truth.

"We'll have to go back for him," said Sam, and turned without delay, for going ahead without Tom was all out of the question.

"Yes, we'll go back," rejoined the old miner. "But go slow, or you may make matters wuss. I kin follow a clear trail, even of three hosses, but I can't follow a trail mixed up backward an' forward."

They rode back slowly until at least half a mile had been covered. Then they shouted, but only a dismal echo came back. Dick fancied once that he heard Tom calling, but was not sure.

Daylight found them still searching around, Dick and Sam with more sober faces than they had worn in many a day. They knew only too well the danger of becoming lost in those wild mountains.

"Perhaps he has fallen in with Baxter's party," suggested Dick, as they came to a halt at the edge of a cliff overlooking a rushing river far below. It was past the breakfast hour, yet none of them felt like eating. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was looking for Tom?
2. Any idea why?
3. Where were they?
4. Was Tom asleep?
5. Why do you say that?
6. Any reason he thought that was a possibility?
7. What did they eat for a meal?
8. Why not?
9. Was there another mining crew?
10. Was there an echo?
Answer: 1. Dick
2. lost
3. mountains
4. Perhaps
5. Perhaps he fell asleep answered Dick
6. he was dead tired
7. none of them felt like eating
8. none of them felt like eating
9. unknown
10. yes

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Torx (pronounced ), developed in 1967 by Camcar Textron, is the trademark for a type of screw head characterized by a 6-point star-shaped pattern. A popular generic name for the drive is "star", as in star screwdriver or star bits. The official generic name, standardized by the International Organization for Standardization as ISO 10664, is hexalobular internal. This is sometimes abbreviated in databases and catalogs as 6lobe (starting with numeral, "6", not a capital letter, "G"). Torx Plus is an improved head profile.

Torx screws are commonly found on automobiles, motorcycles, bicycle brake systems (disc brakes), hard disk drives, computer systems and consumer electronics. Initially, they were sometimes used in applications requiring tamper resistance, since the drive systems and screwdrivers were not widely available; as drivers became more common, tamper-resistant variants, as described below, were developed. Torx screws are also becoming increasingly popular in construction industries.

By design, Torx head screws resist cam-out better than Phillips head or slot head screws. Whereas Phillips heads were allegedly designed to "cause" the driver to cam out, to prevent overtightening, Torx heads were designed to "prevent" cam-out. The development of better torque-limiting automatic screwdrivers for use in factories allowed this change. Rather than rely on the tool to slip out of the screw head when a desired torque level is reached (which risks damage to the driver tip, screw head, and/or workpiece), torque-limiting driver designs achieve a desired torque consistently. 1. When was Torx created?
2. by who?
3. Is it trademarked?
4. What is it?
5. What's special about it?
6. What do people like to call it?
7. Why?
8. Is there an official generic name?
9. What is it?
10. Does this have a shortened version?
11. What/
12. Who made this the official name?
13. Are there other types of screw heads?
14. What are they?
15. Which one makes the driver cam out?
16. Why?
17. What do Torx stop?
18. What does a slot head do best?
19. Where are Torx starting to get more popular?
20. Do you see them on cars?
numbered_answers:
1. 1967
2. Camcar Textron,
3. yes
4. a type of screw head
5. a 6-point star-shaped pattern
6. star
7. as in star screwdriver
8. Yes
9. hexalobular internal
10. Yes
11. 6lobe
12. International Organization for Standardization
13. Yes
14. Phillips head or slot head screws
15. Phillips heads
16. to prevent overtightening
17. cam-out.
18. achieve a desired torque consistently.
19. in construction industries.
20. Yes