 That though the legs, arms, and head of a human body, being solid parts, are specifically something heavier than fresh water, yet the trunk, particularly the upper part, from its hollowness, is so much lighter than water, as that the whole of the body...  The Boy's Treasury of Sports, Pastimes, and Recreations: With Nearly Four ... - Page 1011850 - 464 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1779 - 734 pages
...as that the whole of the body, taken together, is too light to fink wholly 1 under water, but fome part will remain above, until the lungs become filled...water ; which happens from drawing water into them inllead of air, when a perfon, in the fright, attempts breathing, while the mouth and noltrils are... | |
 | History - 1805 - 608 pages
...from its hollowncss, is so much lighter than water, as that the whole of the body, taken together, is too light to sink wholly under water, but some...will remain above, until the lungs become filled with waler; which happens from drawing water into them instead of air, when a person, in the fright, attempts... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 722 pages
...legs, arms, and bead, of a human body, being solid parts, are specifically sometluug heavier than fresh water, yet the trunk, particularly the upper part, from its hollowness, is so much lighter than water, as that the whole of the body, taken together, is too light to sink wholly under water, but... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 574 pages
...legs, arms, and head of a human body, being solid parts, are specifically somewhat heavier than fresh water, yet the trunk, particularly the upper part, from its hollowness, is so much lighter than water, as that the whole of the body, taken together, is too light to sink wholly under water; but... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 752 pages
...water, as that the whole of the body, taken together, is too light to fink wholly under water, but fome part will remain above until the lungs become filled...water; which happens from drawing water into them inftead of air, when a perfon in the fright attempts breathing while the mouth and noftrils are under... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1820 - 360 pages
...arms, and head, of a human body, being solid parts, are specifically somettring heavier than fresh water, yet the trunk, particularly the upper part, from its hollowness, is so much lighter than water, as that the whole of the body taken together is too light to sink wholly under water, but some... | |
 | Colin MacKenzie - 1821 - 724 pages
...though the legs, arms, and head of a human body, being solid parts, are something heavier than fresh water, yet the trunk, particularly the upper part, from its hollowness, is so much lighter than water, that the whole of the body taken together, is too light to sink wholly under water, but some... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 356 pages
...legs, arms, and head, of a human body, being solid parts, are specifically something heavier than fresh water, yet the trunk, particularly the upper part, from its hollowness, is so much lighter than water, as that the whole of the body taken together is too light to sink wholly under water, but some... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...part, from its hollowuess, is so much lighter than water, as that the whole of the hody taken together is too light to sink wholly under water, but some part will remain ahove, until the lungs become filled with water, which happens from drawing water into them instead... | |
 | Colin Mackenzie - Chemistry - 1822 - 774 pages
...though the legs, arme, and head of a human body, being solid parts, are something heavier than fresh water, yet the trunk, particularly the upper part, from its hollowness, is so much lighter than water, that the whole of the body taken together, is too light to sink wholly under water, but some... | |
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