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' | <p> which it occupies the place <lb/> of, can move with no other<lb/> Velocity than precisely that <lb/> with which the Current itself<lb/> moves; on this account no<lb/> great Body, and a small one<lb/> be the weight and figure<lb/> what they will, as soon as <lb/> they have been long enough <lb/> afloat in the Current to have <lb/> acquired it's velocity must<lb/> move equally swift, excepting<lb/> any influence which <lb/> the different velocities that <lb/> one part of the Current may <lb/> have compared to the other, as also the influence of any <lb/> extraneous force, as that of <lb/> the wind, may have on one <lb/> more than on the other.</p> <p> A cork, and a first rate Man <lb/>of War, I have always been <lb/> told go down the Thames with <lb/> the same Velocity where there <lb/> <add> is no</add> </p> | ||
which it occupies the place
of, can move with no other
Velocity than precisely that
with which the Current itself
moves; on this account no
great Body, and a small one
be the weight and figure
what they will, as soon as
they have been long enough
afloat in the Current to have
acquired it's velocity must
move equally swift, excepting
any influence which
the different velocities that
one part of the Current may
have compared to the other, as also the influence of any
extraneous force, as that of
the wind, may have on one
more than on the other.
A cork, and a first rate Man
of War, I have always been
told go down the Thames with
the same Velocity where there
is no
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Identifier: | JB/539/437/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539. |
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1783-10-15 |
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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