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Page 92 - And instead of this there is not a moment of any day of our lives when nature is not producing scene after scene, picture after picture, glory after glory, and working still upon such exquisite and constant principles of the most perfect beauty that it is quite certain it is all done for us and intended for our perpetual pleasure.
Page 220 - FRS, Associate Member of the Council of the Institution of Naval Architects, Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Professor of Applied Mechanics in the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Medium 8vo.
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Page 88 - The perpendicular is the shortest straight line that can be drawn from a given point to a given straight line ; and...
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Page 48 - On free waves, ie, waves in deep water, the effect is greatest. 2. In a surf, or waves breaking on a bar, where a mass of liquid is in actual motion in shallow water, the effect of the oil is uncertain, as nothing can prevent the larger waves from breaking under such circumstances, but even here it is of some service.
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Page 48 - For boarding a wreck, it is recommended to pour oil overboard to windward of her before going alongside. The...
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| Title | Nature: International Journal of Science, Volume 35 |
| Editor | Sir Norman Lockyer |
| Publisher | Macmillan Journals Limited, 1887 |
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