... but the wind drew round and round, according to the now known laws of these circular storms, and she, with a perseverance that might have been more wisely employed, continued to scud " right before it " for four successive days and nights, by which... Outlines of Geometry ... - Σελίδα 80των Walter Marsham Adams - 1866Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| George William Blunt - 1866 - 46 σελίδες
...Eastward, she at once put her helm up in order, as it is commonly said, '• to run out of it," or let it " exhaust itself;" but the wind drew round...to the now known laws of these circular storms, and sue, with a perseverance that might have been more wisely employed, continued to scud " right before... | |
| Edmund March Blunt - 1867 - 994 σελίδες
...the Eastward, she at once put her helm up in order, as it is commonly said, u to run out of it," or let it " exhaust itself;" but the wind drew round...continued to scud " right before it " for four successive days and nights, by which time she had actually circumnavigated the •torm-field five times. In performing... | |
| George William Blunt - 1868 - 74 σελίδες
...Eastward, she at once put her helm up in order, as it is commonly said, '• to run out of it," or let it " exhaust itself;" but the wind drew round...continued to scud "right before it" for four successive days and nights, by which time she had actually circumnavigated the storm-field,five times. In performing... | |
| 1876 - 608 σελίδες
...Mauritius in February 1845, and falling in with a revolving gale from the eastward she at once put her helm up, in order, as it is commonly said, "to run out...circular storms, and she, with a perseverance that might nave been more wisely employed, continued to scud " right before it" for four successive days and nights,... | |
| 1866 - 786 σελίδες
...Mauritius in February 1845, and falling in with a revolving gale from the eastward she at once put her helm up, in order, as it is commonly said, " to run out...continued to scud " right before it " for four successive days and nights, by which time she had actually circumnavigated the storm-field five times. In performing... | |
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