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Scientific American, Vol. 27, No. 24 (1872) (1872)

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he small arrow. Here, then, we have a railway tube, P, the blast descends through the other system of pipes, truck literally sailing up to windward, because while the 10> ee and thence into the box, N, through the opening, in which it HOW A VESSEL SAILS AGAINST THE WIND. wind is blowing in the… … may enable the action of the wind upon a ship when ‘she is Now this railway truck illustrates very fairly the case of a sailing to windward to be understood. In considering this is discharged in a heated condition to the tweer. The arch ship, with this exception, namely, that the truck can make…

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