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Anecdotes Of Dr. Goldsmith.
peculiarities were found to possess some degree of humour , and bis i ste was consulted in all discussions on iiterary subjects . Our Poet v-rVnot unobserviiis of all this , and though he m-aat not imrnedi-- ' * ' ¦] v at least to publish Retaliation , he kept it , has he exposed , hin ' self to a friend , ' " as a rod in pickle upon any future occaiicu . " Put this occasion never presented itself ; a more awful penod
was now approaching , " when Kings as well as Poets cease from thp'C labours . "—A stranguary , to which he was subject , and winch was increased by neglect , prevented hinvfrom going so much into convanv as he used to do , which , with the derangement of his wordiy " affairs , brought on a kind of occasional despondency , in which he used to express " his great indifference about life : " addedto this despondencywhich induced him to
a nervous fever , ,- take too iarre a dose of Dr . James ' s Powders , and ' -this , it was thought , hurried him out of the world , on the 4 th of April 1774 , ai ' ter ' an illness of ten days . * -. ,.- * Anecdotes , and little traits of temper , which will best elucidate the '" simplicity and moral character of Dr . G OLDSMITH , will be given in our next , and have been hitherto only omitted lest they might be considered as breaking in too much on the line of his literary life .
Thoughts On The Foundering Of Ships.
THOUGHTS ON THE FOUNDERING OF SHIPS .
TN reading Dr . Franklin ' s Letters , I found he _ had treated ! _§_ very ingeniously on this subject : but I think he did not give so full directions , as , perhaps , he would have done , had he been particularly treating on that subject alone ; therefore , I have thought it not amiss to add some thoughts of my own to those of Dr . Franklin , and oner them to the public . Let us first consider the principle on
which the ship floats on the water , which is simply this , that air is lighter than water . Thus if you fill any vessel , such as a cask , full of air , and make it tight , it will float on the top of the water , and " carry a weig ht equal to the difference-of the weight of air in the cask , and the same cask full of water , . deducting for the wei ght of the cask itself . Thus a shiwill carry just as much weight as
p the difference between the weight of the air contained in said ship below the surface of the water , and the weig ht of so much water , deducting the weight of the ship and ballast . A Captain who perceives his ship at sea spring a leak , in a desperate manner , so as to gain fast on his pumps , should , in the first place , start all his casks 3 &
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Anecdotes Of Dr. Goldsmith.
peculiarities were found to possess some degree of humour , and bis i ste was consulted in all discussions on iiterary subjects . Our Poet v-rVnot unobserviiis of all this , and though he m-aat not imrnedi-- ' * ' ¦] v at least to publish Retaliation , he kept it , has he exposed , hin ' self to a friend , ' " as a rod in pickle upon any future occaiicu . " Put this occasion never presented itself ; a more awful penod
was now approaching , " when Kings as well as Poets cease from thp'C labours . "—A stranguary , to which he was subject , and winch was increased by neglect , prevented hinvfrom going so much into convanv as he used to do , which , with the derangement of his wordiy " affairs , brought on a kind of occasional despondency , in which he used to express " his great indifference about life : " addedto this despondencywhich induced him to
a nervous fever , ,- take too iarre a dose of Dr . James ' s Powders , and ' -this , it was thought , hurried him out of the world , on the 4 th of April 1774 , ai ' ter ' an illness of ten days . * -. ,.- * Anecdotes , and little traits of temper , which will best elucidate the '" simplicity and moral character of Dr . G OLDSMITH , will be given in our next , and have been hitherto only omitted lest they might be considered as breaking in too much on the line of his literary life .
Thoughts On The Foundering Of Ships.
THOUGHTS ON THE FOUNDERING OF SHIPS .
TN reading Dr . Franklin ' s Letters , I found he _ had treated ! _§_ very ingeniously on this subject : but I think he did not give so full directions , as , perhaps , he would have done , had he been particularly treating on that subject alone ; therefore , I have thought it not amiss to add some thoughts of my own to those of Dr . Franklin , and oner them to the public . Let us first consider the principle on
which the ship floats on the water , which is simply this , that air is lighter than water . Thus if you fill any vessel , such as a cask , full of air , and make it tight , it will float on the top of the water , and " carry a weig ht equal to the difference-of the weight of air in the cask , and the same cask full of water , . deducting for the wei ght of the cask itself . Thus a shiwill carry just as much weight as
p the difference between the weight of the air contained in said ship below the surface of the water , and the weig ht of so much water , deducting the weight of the ship and ballast . A Captain who perceives his ship at sea spring a leak , in a desperate manner , so as to gain fast on his pumps , should , in the first place , start all his casks 3 &