The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 245
kness, and the darkness comprehendeth itnot. We grope, as if blind, for that which is patent beforeus. The general outlines and proportions are given in the annexed figures; the dimensions, of course, vary with the age and growthof in<lividuals. The figures denote the width and length of… … a—Cnd. i—Black Fish. c—Sea Bass,rf—Porgy. g—Striped Bass.A—Salmon. I confess I had no idea of meeting with figures so closely alliedto the artificial ones which I had found most effectual as propellers.With the exception of the first two, the whole approach to equi-lateral triangles. In the absence…
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