 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
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1872 - 724 pages
...of the Sound, where it was carried along violently by the outward current, n bucket was sunk with n heavy cannon-ball to a certain depth of water, which...found to increase in strength, the lower the bucket wns let fall*. — Again, it was stated by Prof. Forchhammert that a steamer having been sunk, some... | |
 | 1873 - 934 pages
...taken into the mid-stream of the Sound, where it was carried along by the ¡w/ward surface-current, a bucket was sunk with a heavy cannon-ball to a certain depth of water, and the boat's motion was found to be perceptibly retarded. By sinking the bucket still further, the... | |
 | Norman Macleod - 1873 - 1002 pages
...taken into the mid-stream of the Sound, where it was carried along by the 0#Avard surface-current, a bucket was sunk with a heavy cannon-ball to a certain depth of water, and the boat's motion was found to be perceptibly retarded. By sinking the bucket still further, the... | |
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