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Scientific American, Vol. 88, No. 15 (1903) (1903)

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minute, or one pound raised one hundred feet high in writer in one case were 38,212, and, in another case, resorts mentioned are largely patronized, nearly every 29,390 foot-pound-minutes. Both of these figures were ob- one minute, or one pound raised one foot high in one variety of vehicle… … have fitted up sails which for in such a case the wind are fastened to a mast at- resistance would play an tached to the framework, and are used in coasting be- important part and vitiate the determination, making cases one hundred foot-pounds of work has been done. fore the wind. the…

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