 | 1834 - 578 pages
...descent, at the instant of their breaking, of a large body of water sufficient to sink a ship ; but this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends only in the form of heavy rain. It is true, that small vessels incur a risk of being overset if they carry much sail ; because sudden... | |
 | sir William Reid - 1838 - 474 pages
...when they break enough to sink a ship. This does not appear to be the case, as the water descends in heavy rain where it is broken from the ascending whirlwind. But there is danger to small vessels of being overset when they have much sail out; and large ships, if they have not their... | |
 | James Covel (jr.) - Bible - 1843 - 548 pages
...to a ship, owing to the descent at the instant of their breaking of a large body of water; but this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends only in the form of heavy rain. way or conduct which God requires, and in which men ought to walk, Matt. xxii, 16. WAY, 1. Is the path... | |
 | John Purdy - 1845 - 562 pages
...when they break, enough to sink a ship. This does not appear to be the case, as the water descends in heavy rain where it is broken from the ascending whirlwind. But there is danger to small vessels of being overset when they have much sail out ; and large ships, if they have not... | |
 | Tempest - 1848 - 316 pages
...that when they break, a large body of water descends, sufficient to sink a ship. Such however is not the case; for the water descends only in the form...from the ascending whirlwind ; but there is danger to small vessels of * Professor Oersted, who published an elaborate notice of Waterspouts, in " Schumacher's... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Jane), Jane Loudon - Natural history - 1848 - 426 pages
...descent, at the instant of their breaking, of a large body of water, sufficient to sink a ship; but this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends only in the form of heavy rain." BOOK IV. WONDERS OF ANIMAL LIFE. To do justice to this subject, it would be necessary to write a work... | |
 | John Purdy - 1853 - 614 pages
...when they break, enough to sink a ship. This does not appear to be the case, as the water descends in heavy rain where it is broken from the ascending whirlwind. But there is danger to small vessels of being overset when they have much sail out; and large ships, if they have not their... | |
 | Pilot guides - 1854 - 644 pages
...descent, at the instant of their breaking, of a large body of water sufficient to sink a ship ; hut this does not appear to be the case, for the water descends only in the form of heavy rain. It is true that small vessels incur a risk of being overset, if they carry much sail; because sudden... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - Winds - 1861 - 408 pages
...that when they break a large body of water descends, sufficient to sink a ship. Such however is not the case; for the water descends only in the form...from the ascending whirlwind ; but there is danger to small vessels of being overset when they have much sail out; and larger ships, if their top-sails... | |
 | Alfred Dundas Taylor - Navigation - 1874 - 790 pages
...water-spouts is not so great as many persons apprehend, for it has been said, that when they oreak, a large body of water descends, sufficient to sink...from the ascending whirlwind ; but there is danger of boats being swamped, or in small vessels of being overset when carrying much sail ; and large ships,... | |
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a large body of water descends, sufficient to sink any ship. This does not appear to be the case, for the water descends only in the form of heavy rain, where it is broken from the ascending whirlwind ; but there is danger 
