10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STERNWARDS»
Discover the use of
sternwards in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sternwards and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Annual of the Royal School of Naval Architecture and ...
The simplest kind of propeller is known as the jet propeller, that kind of propeller
in which the water is drawn from the sea by a centrifugal pump, and projected
sternwards from orifices in the side of the vessel. Here the water operated on is ...
Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (London, England), 1871
2
The First Book of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian ...
It was now evening, and the *Paean had been sounded by them, as intendingto
come to an attack, when the Corinthians suddenly fell back by rowing 1'
sternwards, on descrying the 20 ships of the Athenians sailing up, which they had
sent ...
This experiment, which can be tested any day when a barge is moving in a
narrow canal, proves the existence of an induced current sternwards as the boat
proceeds. In this current the barge floats, and is carried with it in a backward
direction, ...
4
Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
The pulling of a long array of oarblades, as in OLYMPIAS, creates a race that is
accelerated by a succession of oarstrokes as it moves sternwards past the array.
In principle therefore if all the oars are of the same design and the crew's ...
Royal Institution of Naval Architects, 1993
His idea was that there must be a definite thrust per square inch of projected
screw surface at which cavitation commenced. A screw propels by putting water
in motion sternwards. It effects its object partly by pushing the water with the after
face ...
It later appeared that the centerplate had struck bottom. and since the boat was
drifting sternwards at the time, it did not kick up. Later, a second capsize occurred
when the craft. becalmed, was struck by a new breeze. Conditions were the ...
7
Micrographia: Or, Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute ...
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was 'saidened-on a Henq'sþhere, or half a hollow Bal],with the mouth os it o flour
the sternwards, so that it looked much like-a Funnel, or an old ashione'd Bowl ...
8
The Last Voyage of the Lucette
The wind blew the breath from my lungs as I braced my limbs in an effort to face
sternwards. Anne was looking over my shoulder, straining to cast her eyes
forward, peering desperately through the murky darkness up ahead. She looked
like an ...
9
Innocent Murderer: A Cordi O'Callaghan Mystery
Above me, just within reach, was the barred metal catwalk that ran alongside the
bridge so that the officers could see sternwards. I looked back at my door, hoping
the thudding was a dream, but the door was shaking the chair free and it looked ...
Suzanne F. Kingsmill, 2010
10
Beneath the Waves: A History of HM Submarine Losses 1904-1971
... that the open hangar would have also been shipping water which, because the
stern was well down, would cause the water to pass through the open access
door and run sternwards, sinking M2 stern-first as witnessed by Captain Howard.
