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 420
... vessel is immerfed in the water , it happens but too often that the keel experiences the bad effect of a ftrain . It is therefore very important to inquire into the true cause of this accident . CCCCLXV . For this purpose , let us ...
... vessel is immerfed in the water , it happens but too often that the keel experiences the bad effect of a ftrain . It is therefore very important to inquire into the true cause of this accident . CCCCLXV . For this purpose , let us ...
Page 421
... vessel receives an impulse or preffure in a horizontal direction , fo as to be inclined in a fmall degree , the veffel will then either regain its former portion as the preffure is taken off , and is in this cafe faid to be poffeffed of ...
... vessel receives an impulse or preffure in a horizontal direction , fo as to be inclined in a fmall degree , the veffel will then either regain its former portion as the preffure is taken off , and is in this cafe faid to be poffeffed of ...
Page 534
... vessel of any burden by land . It confifts of a plank of the length of the keel of a moderate fhip , raifed a little behind , and hollow in the middle ; fo that the fides go a little aflope , and are furnished with holes to receive pins ...
... vessel of any burden by land . It confifts of a plank of the length of the keel of a moderate fhip , raifed a little behind , and hollow in the middle ; fo that the fides go a little aflope , and are furnished with holes to receive pins ...
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