Harris, John · Montreal, Lovell Printing and Publishing Co. · leaf 89
. HerscJieVs Outlines of Astronomy,^ page 210. (329.) Suppose a shower of rain to fall perpendicularlyin a dead calm; a person exposed to the shower, whoshould stand quite still and upright, would receive the dropson his hat, which would thus shelter him; but if he ranforward in any direction, they… … ^^Sf ^Q a horizontal line EF, and at B were placed to receive it theopen mouth of an inclined hollow tube PQ; if the tubewere held immoveable, the ball would strike on its lowerside; but if the tube were carried forward in the directionEP, with a velocity properly adjusted at every instant tothat…
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