 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1827 - 692 pages
...every spot of the earth. A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. One inch per mile, in a smooth straight channel, gives a velocity...Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, is only eight-hundred feet above the level of the sea — that... | |
 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1829 - 542 pages
...the winds carry and deposit as rain or dew on every spot. A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. Three inches per mile,...Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, is only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea — that... | |
 | 1834 - 446 pages
...intellect, and impoverishes his heart." Declivity of Riters.—A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. Three ^inches per mile,...straight channel, gives a velocity of about three miles an hour. . The Ganges, which gathers the waters of- die Himlayan mountains, the loftiest in the world,... | |
 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1838 - 596 pages
...away and deposit as rain or dew on every spot of the earth. A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. Three inches per mile,...the Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, is, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea —... | |
 | Neil Arnott - Physics - 1841 - 560 pages
...away and deposite as rain or dew on every spot of the earth. A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. Three inches per mile,...the Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, is, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea —... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1844 - 610 pages
...river, and consequently meeting with much less resistance than when it runs upon the rough unequal surface of the earth itself. The augmented force of...is only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea, — that is, about twice the height of St. Paul's church in London ; and to fall these eight hundred... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1846 - 454 pages
...is very slow ; whereas, were it not for these impediments, it would become immensely great, and ita effects would be exceedingly disastrous. A very slight...is only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea, — that is, about twice the height of St. Paul's church in London ; and to fall these eight hundred... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1850 - 624 pages
...effects would be exceedingly disastrous. A very slight declivity is sufficient for giving the runting motion to water. Three inches per mile, in a smooth,...is only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea, — that is, about twice the height of St. Paul's church in London ; and to fall these eight hundred... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Physics - 1851 - 492 pages
...inclined plane. It presents the case of a river flowing upon the top of another river, and con-equently meeting with much less resistance than when it runs...is only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea, - — that is. about twice the height of St. Paul's church in London ; and to fall these eight... | |
 | Neil Arnott - 1853 - 536 pages
...away and deposit as rain or dew on every spot of the earth. A very slight declivity suffices to give the running motion to water. Three inches per mile,...the Himalaya mountains, the loftiest in the world, is, at eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea —... | |
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Mountains, the loftiest in the world, at the distance of eighteen hundred miles from its mouth, is only eight hundred feet above the level of the sea, — that is, about twice the height of St. Paul's church in London ; and to fall these eight hundred... 
