 | American Philosophical Society - 1786 - 460 halaman
...good, the fubtraction of 70 miles a day from their courfe is of fome importance. I then obferved that it was a pity no notice was taken of this current upon the charts, and requefted him to mark it out for me, which he readily complied with, adding directions for avoiding... | |
 | L. Cohen - 1825 - 192 halaman
...winds " are but light, he added, they are carried back by " the current more than they are forwarded by the " wind; and if the wind be good the subtraction...their course, is of " some importance. I then observed that it was a " pity no notice was taken of this current upon the " charts, and requested him to mark... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1844 - 890 halaman
...winds are but light," he added, " they are carried back by the current more than they are forwarded by the wind ; and, if the wind be good, the subtraction...the charts, and requested him to mark it out for me, ^vhich he readily complied with, adding directions for avoiding it in sailing from Europe to North... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden - 1880 - 980 halaman
...against them to the value of three miles an hour, and advised them to cross it and get out of it.' I then observed it was a pity no notice was taken...mark it out for me, which he readily complied with. I procured it to be engraved by order from the General Post-office on the old chart of the Atlantic,... | |
 | 1880 - 982 halaman
...against them to the value of three miles an hour, and advised them to cross it and get out of it.' I then observed it was a pity no notice was taken...mark it out for me, which he readily complied with. I procured it to be engraved by order from the General Post-office on the old chart of the Atlantic,... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1880 - 974 halaman
...against them to the value of three miles an hour, and advised them to cross it and get out of it.' I then observed it was a pity no notice was taken...mark it out for me, which he readily complied with. I procured it to be engraved by order from the General Post-office on the old chart of the Atlantic,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1906 - 1056 halaman
...winds are but light," he added, " they are carried back by the current more than they are forwarded by the wind; and, if the wind be good, the subtraction...some importance." I then observed it was a pity no noticewas taken of this current upon the charts, and requested him to mark it out for me, which he... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1974 - 260 halaman
...winds are but light," he added, "they are carried back by the current more than they are forwarded by the wind; and, if the wind be good, the subtraction...some importance." I then observed it was a pity no ncuce was taken of this current upon the charts, and requested him to mark it out for me, which he... | |
 | Victor Schmidt, William Harbert - 2003 - 448 halaman
...the winds are but light, he added, they are carried back by the current more than they are forwarded by the wind: and if the wind be good, the subtraction of 70 miles a day from their course is of some importance. I then observed that it was a pity no notice... | |
 | Clifford Conner - 2005 - 572 halaman
...winds are but light," he added, "they are carried back by the current more than they are forwarded by the wind; and, if the wind be good, the subtraction...miles a day from their course is of some importance." 46 Franklin then remarked to Folger that it was too bad this current was not on any charts and "requested... | |
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... a current, that was against them to the value of three miles an hour ; and advised them to cross it and get out of it ; but they were too wise to be counselled by simple American fishermen. When the winds are but light... 
