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' | <p>is no wind. I told them so, <lb/> but their Experience had taught<lb/> them better than to believe me, <lb/> they assured me a greater <sic>Bark</sic> <lb/> would pass by a smaller one <lb/> <sic>altho'</sic> of equal depth in the <lb/> water, and that the Shape also<lb/> made a difference. Both Parties<lb/> were obstinate Each in his own<lb/> opinion, and no opportunity<lb/> the afforded itself to decide<lb/> the matter by Experiment — <lb/>indeed I was fully persuaded<lb/> that the difference if any in <lb/> the Velocities must depend<lb/> upon the circles or some such <lb/> foreign power, to think the <lb/> experiment worth trying.</p> <p> It happened however the <lb/> year after as I was descending<lb/> the River Angara from Irkutsk<lb/> to Yemscisk, that a regret<lb/> at passing by a delightful Sea<lb/>made me take notice of a Velocity<lb/> <add> with</add> </p> | ||
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is no wind. I told them so,
but their Experience had taught
them better than to believe me,
they assured me a greater Bark
would pass by a smaller one
altho' of equal depth in the
water, and that the Shape also
made a difference. Both Parties
were obstinate Each in his own
opinion, and no opportunity
the afforded itself to decide
the matter by Experiment —
indeed I was fully persuaded
that the difference if any in
the Velocities must depend
upon the circles or some such
foreign power, to think the
experiment worth trying.
It happened however the
year after as I was descending
the River Angara from Irkutsk
to Yemscisk, that a regret
at passing by a delightful Sea
made me take notice of a Velocity
with
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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