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<p>with from the water precisely<lb/> that degree of velocity which<lb/> the water itself would acquire<lb/> were it not for the resistance<lb/> it meets with from the land.</p> <p>This is to see as plain as <lb/> possible and I believe the <lb/> Idea to be perfectly new.</p> <p> I have always have heard it <lb/> asserted that it is perfectly<lb/> indifferent whether a Vessel<lb/> turns its side or its head <lb/> down the River when it <lb/> is descending without the <lb/> help of Wind or Oars. I <lb/> have also heard that the Rudder<lb/> has no effect on a Vessel in <lb/>such circumstances, but I <lb/> found when I tried the experiment <lb/> on the <unclear>Angare</unclear> that she moved <lb/>fast enough <sic>thro'</sic> the water <lb/>by its gravity alone for me <lb/> to be able to steer it by its<lb/> rudder from one side to the other <lb/> <add> another</add> | <p>with from the water precisely<lb/> that degree of velocity which<lb/> the water itself would acquire<lb/> were it not for the resistance<lb/> it meets with from the land.</p> <p>This is to see as plain as <lb/> possible and I believe the <lb/> Idea to be perfectly new.</p> <p> I have always have heard it <lb/> asserted that it is perfectly<lb/> indifferent whether a Vessel<lb/> turns its side or its head <lb/> down the River when it <lb/> is descending without the <lb/> help of Wind or Oars. I <lb/> have also heard that the Rudder<lb/> has no effect on a Vessel in <lb/>such circumstances, but I <lb/> found when I tried the experiment <lb/> on the <unclear>Angare</unclear> that she moved <lb/>fast enough <sic>thro'</sic> the water <lb/>by its gravity alone for me <lb/> to be able to steer it by its<lb/> rudder from one side to the other <lb/> <add> another</add></p> | ||
with from the water precisely
that degree of velocity which
the water itself would acquire
were it not for the resistance
it meets with from the land.
This is to see as plain as
possible and I believe the
Idea to be perfectly new.
I have always have heard it
asserted that it is perfectly
indifferent whether a Vessel
turns its side or its head
down the River when it
is descending without the
help of Wind or Oars. I
have also heard that the Rudder
has no effect on a Vessel in
such circumstances, but I
found when I tried the experiment
on the Angare that she moved
fast enough thro' the water
by its gravity alone for me
to be able to steer it by its
rudder from one side to the other
another
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Correspondence |
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Samuel Bentham |
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