| Miles Bland - 1821 - 898 sider
...he came to the sist milestone. Where was В when A reached London ? Ans. 25 miles from London. 51. The hold of a vessel partly full of water (which is...with two pumps worked by A and B, of whom A takes three strokes to two of B's ; but four of B's throw out as much water as five of A's. Now В works... | |
| Miles Bland - 1824 - 404 sider
...he came to the 31st mile-stone. Where was В when A reached London.' Ans. 25 miles from London. 46. The hold of a. vessel partly full of water (which...with two pumps worked by A and B, of whom A takes three strokes to two of B's ; but four of B's throw out as- much water as five of A's. Now В works... | |
| John Martin Frederick Wright - 1825 - 798 sider
...alive when the vessel reached harbour. 7. The hold of a vessel partly full of water (which is uniformlj increased by a leak) is furnished with two pumps worked by A and B, of whom A takes three strokes to two of B's, but four of B's throw out as much water as five of A's. Now В works for... | |
| John Martin Frederick Wright - 1836 - 776 sider
...water. Required the time of the passage, and the number of men alive when the vessel reached harbour. 7. The hold of a vessel partly full of water (which is...with two pumps worked by A and B, of whom A takes three strokes to two of B's, but four of B's throw out as much water as five of A's. Now В works for... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1839 - 514 sider
...years ago, which isfaf more difficult than the last; it ¡aa* follows : — NATUHAL PARACHUTE. 343 " The hold of a vessel partly full of water (which is...with two pumps worked by A and B, of whom A takes three strokes to B's two, but four of B's throw out as much water as five of A's. Now В works for... | |
| 1839 - 512 sider
...proposed about twenty-five years ago, which is far more difficult than the last ; it is a« follows : — "The hold of a vessel partly full of water (which...with two pumps worked by A and B, of whom A takes three strokes to B's two, but four of B's throw out as much water as five of A's. Now B works for the... | |
| John D. Williams - 1840 - 634 sider
...••• (&?— V(fcO+ W = a§P' and ^z=^-(-4g!-=^=12, and z=9, .-.the distance required ^ 25. 45. The hold of a vessel partly full of water (which is...with two pumps worked by A and B, of whom A takes three strokes to two of B's ; but four of B's throw out as much water as five of A's. Now В works... | |
| James Wood - 1841 - 492 sider
...that second, and that this is the case with the last stroke of the faster clock. Ans. 11 o'clock. 27- The hold of a vessel partly full of water (which is...with two pumps worked by A and B, of whom A takes three strokes to two of B's, but four of jB's throw out as much water as five of Â's. Now В works... | |
| Charles William Hackley - 1846 - 544 sider
...the distance ; at what point between will a body be held in suspense, attracted toward neither ? (35) The hold of a vessel partly full of water (which is...with two pumps, worked by A and B, of whom A takes three strokes to two of B's ; but four of B's throw out as much water as five of A's. Now B works for... | |
| James Wharton - 1848 - 164 sider
...Ans. A.' s and B.'s Targe warehouses were 52 feet ; *mall, 20 feet ; and C.'s, 48 feet wide. (130.) The hold of a vessel partly full of water (which is...worked by A. and B., of whom A. takes 3 strokes to 2 of B.'s, but 4 of B.'s throw out as much water as 5 of A. 's. Now B. works for the time in which A. alone... | |
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