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in lifting the ship would operate to conduct them
What you mean by [indecipherable] sulphorus I confess I am at a loss to know the matter which causes Mr. Montgolfiers machine to rise [atmospheric?] [indecipherable] by heat
Are not the experiments in matters of lifting & carrying weights in water estimated in the manner at which your [comparison of?] [indecipherable] to the bloated carcas of a hog [indecipherable] suppose the Carcase of a hog as large as [indecipherable] to be nearly of the weight of water [indecipherable] same carcas when filled full of air of which [indecipherable] your [bubble?] as the symbol [indecipherable] a weight equal to] what the hog does the water which the hog displacd [indecipherable] if your [bubble] was equal in Bulk to a Hog of 700 [Cwt?] would not the aggregate weights of your two [friends?] & the difference between the weight of your [indecipherable] the water it displacd be if it was loaded as much as it could carry just 700 [Cwt?]