 | 1837 - 608 oldal
...been so long in search. When he was sailing with a pleasure party on the river Thames, he remarked that every time the boat put about, the vane at the top of the boat's mast shifted a little, as if the wind had slightly changed its direction. Upon expressing to the sailors his surprise at the regular... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 oldal
...moderate wind, and the party sailed up and down the river for a considerable time. Bradley remarked, that every time the boat put about, the vane at the top of the mast shifted a little, as if there had been a slight change in the direction of the wind. He observed... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1855 - 620 oldal
...moderate wind, and the party sailed up and down the river for a considerable time. Dr. Bradley remarked that, every time the boat put about, the vane at the top of the boat's mast shifted slightly, as if there had been a slight change in the direction of the wind. He observed this three... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 oldal
...moderate wind, and the party sailed up and down the river for a considerable time. Bradley remarked, that every time the boat put about, the vane at the top of the mast shifted a little, as if there had been a slight change in the direction of the wind. He observed... | |
 | 1866 - 520 oldal
...considerable time. Dr. Bradley would only have perplexed the reader. Firstly, every star changes ita remarked, that every time the boat put about, the vane at the top of place on account of the precession of the equinoxes. [PRECESSION.] the boat's mast shifted a little,... | |
 | Belgravia - 1882 - 548 oldal
...river for a considerable time. Dr. Bradley remarked that every time the bout put about, the vane !.t the top of the boat's mast shifted a little, as if...the direction of the wind. He observed this three or fonr times without speaking; at last he mentioned it to the sailors, and expressed his turprise that... | |
 | 1882 - 726 oldal
...considerable time. Dr. Bradley remarked that every time the boat put about, the vane it the top of the Ixjat's mast shifted a little, as if there had been a slight change in the direction of the wind. lie observed this three or four times without speaking; at last he mentioned it to the sailors, and... | |
 | Edward John Chalmers Morton - 1882 - 370 oldal
...moderate wind, and the party sailed up and down the river for a considerable time. Dr. Bradley remarked that, every time the boat put about, the vane at the top of its mast shifted a little, as if there had been a slight change in the direction of the wind. He observed... | |
 | Robert Stawell Ball - 1895 - 400 oldal
...Bradley was out sailing he happened to remark that every time the boat was laid on a different tack the vane at the top of the boat's mast shifted a little,...been a slight change in the direction of the wind. After he had noticed this three or four times he made a remark to the sailors to the effect that it... | |
 | Herbert Hall Turner - 1904 - 272 oldal
...moderate wind, and the party sailed up and down the river for a considerable time. Dr. Bradley remarked that every time the boat put about the vane at the top of the A windboat's mast shifted a little, as if there had been a slight change in the direction of the wind.... | |
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He accompanied a pleasure party in a sail upon the river Thames. The boat in which they were was provided with a mast which had a vane at the top of it. It blew a moderate wind, and the party sailed up and down the river for a considerable time. Dr Bradley... 
