Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 17. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 432
... foot . fquare on the head and foot , with gores only on the leeches , as fome topfails , & c . the cloths on the head , between the leeches , are cut fquare to the depth ; and the gores on the leeches are found by dividing the depth of ...
... foot . fquare on the head and foot , with gores only on the leeches , as fome topfails , & c . the cloths on the head , between the leeches , are cut fquare to the depth ; and the gores on the leeches are found by dividing the depth of ...
Page 434
... foot . Spritfail courfes have no flack cloth . Jibs have four inches flack in every yard in the stay , one inch in every cloth in the foot , and none in the leech . Stay fails have three inches flack in every yard in the stay , one inch ...
... foot . Spritfail courfes have no flack cloth . Jibs have four inches flack in every yard in the stay , one inch in every cloth in the foot , and none in the leech . Stay fails have three inches flack in every yard in the stay , one inch ...
Page 675
... foot is only 1190. There is there . Specific . fore more than a cubic foot of the brine , and there is as much falt as will make more than a cubic foot of the 1197 There is 290 X- or 291 ounces , 1190 weight 1190 . and there is 8 ...
... foot is only 1190. There is there . Specific . fore more than a cubic foot of the brine , and there is as much falt as will make more than a cubic foot of the 1197 There is 290 X- or 291 ounces , 1190 weight 1190 . and there is 8 ...
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