Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 19Archibald Constable, 1823 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 78
... abaft this sail , it will impel the vessel in the direction CB . But if the sail has the oblique position Y y , the impulse will be in the direction CD perpendicular to CY , and will both push the vessel ahead and sidewise : For the ...
... abaft this sail , it will impel the vessel in the direction CB . But if the sail has the oblique position Y y , the impulse will be in the direction CD perpendicular to CY , and will both push the vessel ahead and sidewise : For the ...
Page 81
... abaft , because some sails will then becalm others . This ob- servation is not , however , of great importance ; for it is very unusual to put a ship in the situation considered hitherto ; that is , with the yards square , unless she be ...
... abaft , because some sails will then becalm others . This ob- servation is not , however , of great importance ; for it is very unusual to put a ship in the situation considered hitherto ; that is , with the yards square , unless she be ...
Page 83
... abaft the beam . A good sailing ship in this position may acquire a velocity even exceeding that of the wind . Let us suppose it only one half of this velocity . We shall find that the angle WC w is in this case about 29 ° , and the ...
... abaft the beam . A good sailing ship in this position may acquire a velocity even exceeding that of the wind . Let us suppose it only one half of this velocity . We shall find that the angle WC w is in this case about 29 ° , and the ...
Page 87
... abaft the foremast . Now the centre of the ship's tendency to continue her motion is the same with her centre of gravity , and this is generally but a little be- fore the mainmast . She is therefore in the same con- dition nearly as if ...
... abaft the foremast . Now the centre of the ship's tendency to continue her motion is the same with her centre of gravity , and this is generally but a little be- fore the mainmast . She is therefore in the same con- dition nearly as if ...
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... abaft . This is found to im- prove her steerage . The reason of this is obvious . It increases the acting surface of the rudder , and allows the water to come at it with much greater freedom and regularity ; and it generally diminishes ...
... abaft . This is found to im- prove her steerage . The reason of this is obvious . It increases the acting surface of the rudder , and allows the water to come at it with much greater freedom and regularity ; and it generally diminishes ...
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Page 86 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute, From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 163 - For this, probability is violated, life is misrepresented, and language is depraved. But love is only one of many passions; and as it has no great influence upon the sum of life, it has little operation in the dramas of a poet who caught his ideas from the living world and exhibited only what he saw before him. He knew that any other passion, as it was regular or exorbitant, was a cause of happiness or calamity.
Page 87 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Page 3 - For from the rising of the sun, even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my'name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.
Page 163 - Shakespeare is, above all writers, — at least above all modern writers, — the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.
Page 1 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God ? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 8 - Mark also, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, delivered to us in writing the things that had been preached by Peter ; and Luke, the companion of Paul, put down in a * John xvi.
Page 79 - Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel.
Page 108 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 111 - Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires ; The virgin's wish without her fears impart, Excuse the blush, and pour out all the heart, Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole. Thou know'st how guiltless first I met thy flame. When Love approach'd me under Friendship's name; My fancy form'd thee of angelic kind, Some emanation of th