 ... the Boat moving, as it were, upon a centre; the fine entrance below is of use in dividing the waves, when rowing against them ; and, combined with the convexity of the bottom, and the elliptical form of the stem, admits her to rise with wonderful...  The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 151by John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1803Full view - About this book
 | Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) - Industrial arts - 1801 - 1116 pages
...the ease' of the' •stgeragej as 'a s'irigle stroke of the steering-oar has an imrjbediate effect, the boat moving as it were upon a centre. The fine entrance below is of use 'in dividing; <j the waves, when rowing against them; and, combined with the convexity of the bottom, and the elliptical... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1803 - 540 pages
...steerage, as a single stroke of the steering-oar has an immediate effect, the boat moving as it wore upon a centre. The fine entrance below is of use in...combined with the convexity of the bottom, and the elleptical form of the stem, admits her to rise with wonderful buoyancy in high sea, and to launch... | |
 | Biography - 1806 - 672 pages
...contributes to the ease of the steerage, as a single stroke of the steering. oar has an immediate effect, the boat moving as it were upon a centre; the fine...of use in dividing the waves, when rowing against there; and combined with the convexity of the bottom, aod the elliptical form of the stem, admits her... | |
 | Physics - 1803 - 922 pages
...contributes to the eafe of the fteerage, as a fingle ftroke of the fleering oar has an immediate effect, the boat moving as it were upon a centre. The fine entrance below is of ufe in dividing the waves, when rowing againft them; and, combined with the convexity of the bottom... | |
 | 1803 - 542 pages
...contributes to the enfeof the iteeragc, as a fingle itroke of the iteering-oar has an immediate eifert, the boat moving as it were upon a centre. The fine entrance below is of ufe in dividing the waves, when rowing againit them ; und, combined with the convexity oí the bottom,... | |
 | James Stanier Clarke - Shipwrecks - 1805 - 454 pages
...contributes to the case of die Steerage, as a single stroke of the steering Oar has an immediate effect, the Boat moving as it were upon a centre. The- fine...Stem, admits her to rise with wonderful buoyancy in high Sea, and to launch forward with rapidity, without shipping any Water, when a common Boat would... | |
 | 1806 - 666 pages
...stroke of the steering.oar has an Immediate effect, the boat moving as it were upon a centre ; the line entrance below is of use in dividing the waves, when...and the elliptical form of the stem, admits her to ITV with wonderful buoyancy in a high sea, and to launch forward with rapidity, without shipping any... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 pages
...contributes to the cafe of the fteerage, as a fingle flroke of the fleering oar has an immediate effeer, the boat moving as it were upon a centre ; the fine entrance below h of ufe in dividing the waves, when rowing againft them ; .and combined with the convexity of the... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...of the steerage, as a single stroke of the steering oar hns an immediate effect, the boat moving as upon a centre. The fine entrance below is of use in...rapidity, without shipping any water, when a common Ixiat would be in danger of being filled. The flannelling or spreading form of the boat, from her floorheads... | |
 | John Campbell - Great Britain - 1817 - 562 pages
...contributes to the ease of the steerage, as a single stroke of the steering-oar has an immediate effect, the boat moving as it were upon a centre. The fine...stem, admits her to rise with wonderful buoyancy in high sea, and to launch forward with rapidity, without shipping any water, when a common boat would... | |
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