Windlass, [236]
Windows, double, [303]
Winds, [283]
Winds as affected by the rotation of the earth, [284]
THE END.
[FOOTNOTES:]
[1] I take the following from Dr. Arnot:
The reasons that so many people are drowned in ordinary cases, who might easily he saved, are the following:
1. Their believing that continued exertion is necessary to keep the body from sinking, and hence their generally assuming the position of a swimmer, in which the face is downward, and the whole head must be kept out of the water to allow of breathing. Now as a man can not retain this position without continued exertion, he is soon exhausted, even if a swimmer, and if not, the unskillful attempt will scarcely secure for him even a few respirations. The body raised for a moment by exertion above the natural level, sinks as far below when the exertion ceases; and the plunge, by appearing the commencement of a permanent sinking, terrifies the unpracticed individual, and renders him an easier victim to his fate.