“If tradition may be trusted, Shakespeare often baited at the Crown Inn or Tavern
in Oxford, in his journey to and from London. The landlady was a woman of great
beauty and sprightly wit; and her husband, Mr. John Davenant (afterwards ...
LETTER,. &c. Mr Lord, If I am to form my conclusions from dear bought
experience, I must expect that your Lordship, in imitation of Lord Brougham, will
treat any application, that comes from so insignificant a person as 1 am, with
scorn and ...
... and the weight placed immediately above it, the prop will then have to sustain
the whole pressure, and no more : but if the weight is placed at d, equidistant
from C and A, of course C will sustain but one-half. But again, the prop continuing
at ...
Now it appears from the Appendix, Tab. II., p. 7, that a rope one inch in
circumference, is capable of sustaining a strain of 2i cwt., and therefore a rope 3
inches in diameter, or 9.42 inches in circumference, will sustain a weight 0f...........
27350le.
