. American engineer and railroad journal . e first experiment with ice in water was performed onMarch 10, 1895. It will give n good idea of all the others. The block of ice was just 9 in. square by 2 ft. long, andweighed 90 lbs. In order to tow it, a wire encircled the icelengthwise (a deep saw-cut holding it in place). This ideawas unfortunate, as the ice melted faster at the wire. In allthe succeeding experiments, however, a small wooden rodwas frozen in at the proper place, and the towing-wire fast-ened at the end. The first result after towing the ice 20 min-utes, until it had shaped itsel
. American engineer and railroad journal . e first experiment with ice in water was performed onMarch 10, 1895. It will give n good idea of all the others. The block of ice was just 9 in. square by 2 ft. long, andweighed 90 lbs. In order to tow it, a wire encircled the icelengthwise (a deep saw-cut holding it in place). This ideawas unfortunate, as the ice melted faster at the wire. In allthe succeeding experiments, however, a small wooden rodwas frozen in at the proper place, and the towing-wire fast-ened at the end. The first result after towing the ice 20 min-utes, until it had shaped itself according to the wave it dis-placed, was very interesting and satisfactory, notwithstandingthe roughness of the model formed. The under part or keelsweeps in one gradual curve from the bow almost to the stern in itself is unique, curving up rather suddenly andbending forward. From the sides very little seems to have been taken away,which proves unquestionably that the displacement waves arecaused almost entirely by the -MODEL A. RECTANGULAR OUTLINE INDICATES ORIGINAL BLOCK OF ICE, HEAVY LINES THE REMAINING MODEL. SCALE, £ SIZE.
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