 Baltic, found he went with his boat into the midstream, and was carried violently by the current ; upon which a basket was sunk, with a large cannonball, to a certain depth of water, which gave a check to the boat's motion ; as the basket sunk still lower,...  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Page 643by Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | 1800 - 490 pages
...were violently carried by the current. Soon after that they sunk ab; sket with a large cannon bullet to a certain depth of water, which gave a check to the boat's motion ; and then sinking it still lower and lower by degrees, the boat was at last driven a-ht-ad to the windward... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 470 pages
...the midstream, and was carried violently by the current ; upon which a basket was sunk, with a large cannonball, to a certain depth of water, which gave a check to the boat's motion ; as the basket sunk still lower, the boat was driven by the force of the water below, against the... | |
 | 1823 - 896 pages
...were carried violently by the current. Soon after that, they sunk a basket with a large cannon bullet to a certain depth of water, which gave a check to the boat's motion ; and sinking it still lower and lower, the boat was driven a head to the windward against the upper current,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 674 pages
...the mid-stream, and was carried violently by the current ; upon which a basket was sunk, with a large cannon-ball, to a certain depth of water, which gave a check to the boat's motion : as the basket sunk still lower, the boat was driven, by the force of the water below, against the... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1855 - 312 pages
...carried violently by the current ; that, soon after this, they sunk a bucket with a heavy cannon ball to a certain depth of water, which gave a check to the boat's motion ; and, sinking it still lower and lower, the boat was driven ahead to the windward against the upper current... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1856 - 724 pages
...was carried violently by the current; upon which a basket was sunk, with a large cannon-ball, to n certain depth of water, which gave a check to the boat's motion : as the basket sunk still lower, the boat was driven, by the force of the water below, against the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pages
...the mid-stream, and was carried violently by the current; upon which a basket was sunk, with a large cannon-ball, to a certain depth of water, which gave a check to the boat's motion : as the basket sunk still lower, the boat was driven, by the force of the water below, against the... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1859 - 428 pages
...the mid stream, and were carried violently by the current ; that, soon after this, they sunk a buckut with a heavy cannon-ball to a certain depth of water, which gave a check to the boat's motion ; and, sinking it With regard to this outer and under current, we have observations telling of its existence... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1862 - 702 pages
...the mid-stream, and was carried violently by the current; upon which a basket was sunk, with a large cannon-ball, to a certain depth of water, which gave a check to the boat's motion : as the basket sunk still lower, the boat was driven, by the force of the water below, against the... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) - 1871 - 456 pages
...recorded by Dr. Smith, who first advanced the hypothesis of the Gibraltar under-current.* He states, on the authority of an intelligent seaman who took...that on sinking the bucket still lower, the boat was driven to windward against the upper current. The surface-current seemed to be not more than four or... | |
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