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Page 166
... direction of the surface - current , it may be inferred that the stratum in which the " drag " is suspended is either stationary or has a slow move- ment in the opposite direction ; ( 4 ) that if the boat should remain sta- tionary , a ...
... direction of the surface - current , it may be inferred that the stratum in which the " drag " is suspended is either stationary or has a slow move- ment in the opposite direction ; ( 4 ) that if the boat should remain sta- tionary , a ...
Page 168
... direction of the surface- movement . Its rate proved rather slower , being 2.40 miles per hour , instead of 2.88 ; and its direction was E. by N. , instead of E. by S. I S. Both differences seemed to be accounted for by the difference ...
... direction of the surface- movement . Its rate proved rather slower , being 2.40 miles per hour , instead of 2.88 ; and its direction was E. by N. , instead of E. by S. I S. Both differences seemed to be accounted for by the difference ...
Page 554
... direction to the surface - current , and thus appear to be marvellously dragged by an undercurrent against wind and sea and surface- current — that is , against or opposite to the boat's natural drift . Now , as Lieut . Walsh notices ...
... direction to the surface - current , and thus appear to be marvellously dragged by an undercurrent against wind and sea and surface- current — that is , against or opposite to the boat's natural drift . Now , as Lieut . Walsh notices ...
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VOL XIX | 1 |
On the Radiation of Heat from the Moon No II By the Earl of Rosse | 9 |
Observations with the Great Melbourne Telescope in a Letter to Prof | 18 |
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