 | 1778 - 626 Seiten
...of Newport was ever smooth while any whaling-vessels were in it : which probably arose from hencej that the blubber which they sometimes bring loose...oil to mix with that water, which from time to time (¡icy pump out to keep ihe vessel fret1; and that same oil might spread over the surface of the water... | |
 | 1791 - 634 Seiten
...which they fometimes bring loofe in the hold, or the leakage of their barrels, might afi'ord forae ou to mix with that water, which from time to time they pump out to keep the veflcl free ; and that fame oi! might fpread over the furface of the water in the harbour, and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 610 Seiten
...proceeding from their bodies. A gentleman from Rhode Island told me, it had been remarked, that the harbor of Newport was ever smooth while any whaling vessels...might spread over the surface of the water in the harbor, and prevent the forming of any waves. This prevention I would thus endeavor to explain. There... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1835 - 340 Seiten
...pi;ocecding from their bodies. A gentleman from Rhode- island told me, it had heen remarked, that the harbonr of Newport was ever smooth while any whaling vessels were in it; which prohably arose from henee, that the blnbher which they sometimes bring loose in the hold, or the leakage... | |
 | James Parton - 1864 - 668 Seiten
...proceeding from their bodies. " A gentleman from Rhode Island told me it had been remarked, that the harbor of Newport was ever smooth while any whaling vessels...some oil might spread over the surface of the water ha tho harbor, and prevent the forming of any waves." Such were his facts. The simple explanation at... | |
 | James Parton - 1865 - 672 Seiten
...proceeding from their bodies. " A gentleman from Rhode Island told me it had been remarked, that the harbor of Newport was ever smooth while any whaling vessels...might spread over the surface of the water in the harbor, and prevent the forming of any waves." Such were his facts. The simple explanation at which... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1876 - 416 Seiten
...large, clear space. . . " A gentleman from Rhode Island told me it had been rejiarked, that the harbor of Newport was ever smooth, while any whaling vessels were in it; from which some oil might spread over the surface of the water. • • • • " Now I imagine that... | |
 | Philip Gengembre Hubert - 1893 - 332 Seiten
...smooth as a looking glass. " A gentleman from Rhode Island told me it had been remarked that the harbor of Newport was ever smooth while any whaling vessels...might spread over the surface of the water in the harbor and prevent the forming of any waves." Thus Franklin collected his facts, taking them far and... | |
 | Philip Gengembre Hubert - 1895 - 330 Seiten
...smooth as a looking glass. " A gentleman from Rhode Island told me it had been remarked that the harbor of Newport was ever smooth while any whaling vessels...and that some oil might spread over the surface of ths water in the harbor and prevent the forming of any waves." Thus Franklin collected his facts, taking... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1904 - 492 Seiten
...proceeding from their bodies. A gentleman from Rhode Island told me, it had been remarked that the harbor of Newport was ever smooth while any whaling vessels...might spread over the surface of the water in the harbor, and prevent the forming of any waves. This prevention I would thus endeavor to explain. There... | |
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... were, by the smoothness of the water over them, which might possibly be occasioned, he thought, by some oiliness proceeding from their bodies. A gentleman from Rhode Island told me, it had been remarked, that the harbor of Newport was ever smooth... 
