 I then went to the windward side, where they began to form ; and there the oil, though not more than a tea-spoonful, produced an instant calm over a space several yards square, which spread amazingly, and extended itself gradually till it reached the...  Physics at Surfaces - Page 1by Andrew Zangwill - 1988 - 454 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | History - 1778 - 626 pages
...my oil back upon the shore. I then went to the windward side, where they began to form ; and there the oil, though not more than a tea spoonful, produced...and extended itself gradually till it reached the be-side, making all that quarter of the pond, perhaps half an acre, as smooth as a looking-glass. After... | |
 | Stéphanie Félicité Brulart comtesse de Genlis - 1819 - 584 pages
...poured a tea-spoonful of oil on the water. This small quantity produced an instant calm over a space of several yards square, which spread amazingly, and extended itself gradually, till it reached the lee-side, making all that quarter of the pond, perhaps half an acre, as smooth as a looking-glass.... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...upon the shore. He then went to the windward side, and poured on about a tea-spoonful of oil ; this produced an instant calm over a space several yards...spread amazingly, and extended itself gradually till it came to the lee-side ; making all that quarter of the pond, perhaps half an acre, as smooth as glass.... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...upon the shore He then went to the windward side, and poured on about a tea-spoonful of oil , this produced an instant calm over a space several yards...spread amazingly, and extended itself gradually till it came to the lee-side ; making all that quarter of the pond, perhaps half an acre, as smooth as glass.... | |
 | English periodicals - 1842 - 528 pages
...the windward side, where they began to form ; and there the oil, though not more than a tea-spoonful, produced an instant calm over a space several yards...and extended itself gradually till it reached the lee-side, making all that quarter of the pond, perhaps half an acre, as smooth as a looking-glass."... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1848 - 892 pages
...the windward side, where they began to form ; and there the oil, though not more than a tea-spoonful, produced an instant calm over a space several yards...and extended itself gradually till it reached the lee-side, making all that quarter of the pond, perhaps half an acre, as smooth as a looking-glass."... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1860 - 896 pages
...the windward side, where they began to form ; and there the oil, though not more than a tea-spoonful, produced an instant calm over a space several yards...and extended itself gradually till it reached the lee-side, making all that quarter of the pond, perhaps half an acre, as smooth as a looking-glass."... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1861 - 432 pages
...form ; and there the oil, though not more than a teaspoonful, produced an instant calm over a surface several yards square, which spread amazingly, and extended itself gradually till it reached the lee-side, making all the quarter of the pond — perhaps half an acre — as smooth as a looking-glass.'... | |
 | John Platts - Curiosities and wonders - 1876 - 986 pages
...upon the shore. He then went trf the windward side, and poured on about a tea-spoonful of oil ; this produced an instant calm over a space several yards...spread amazingly, and extended itself gradually till it came to the lee-side ; making all that quarter of the pond, perhaps half an acre, as smooth as glass.... | |
 | Keith Johnson, Sue Adamson, Gareth Williams - Science - 2002 - 746 pages
...itself with surprising swiftness upon the surface . . . the oil, although not more than a teaspoonful produced an instant calm over a space several yards square, which spread amazingly . . . making all that quarter of the pond, perhaps half an acre, as smooth as a looking glass. " Franklin... | |
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