 | James Hann, Isaac Dodds - 1833 - 234 pages
...weighed, suppose, 100,000 Ibs. ; and was moved, let us admit, with such a velocity, by strength of hands, as to pass through 20 feet in one second of time ; and this was sufficient to demolish the walls of Jerusalem : with what velocity must a bullet, which weighs but... | |
 | James Hann - 1848 - 352 pages
...weighed, suppose, 1 00,000 Ibs. ; and was moved, let us admit, with such a velocity, by strength of hands, as to pass through 20 feet in one second of time ; and this was sufficient to demolish Tr-i.' '-"- rcrrt =>: ira. sc ^ *..-=--i. m r- ... •».--. — _ -.. ;.j4.itty... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1857 - 632 pages
...Vespasian weighed I00,000 pounds, and was moved, we will admit, with such a velocity, by strength of hands, as to pass through 20 feet in one second of time, and that this was found sufficient to demolish the walls of Jerusalem, can you tell me with what velocity... | |
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Vespasian weighed, suppose 10,000 pounds; and was moved, let us admit, with such such a velocity, by strength of hand, as to pass through 20 feet in one second of time ; and this was found sufficient to demolish the walls of Jerusalem. The question is,... 
