Questions

This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.

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30983127[ Transcriber''s note: 140?]
44228He was very wet and his boat was full of water, but to the inquiry of"Rough out in the bay?"
42255She came to flying anchor At the twilight time of day, But the strain on the cable sank her, And her crew, oh, where were they?
42255What_ will_ the next generation be like?
35015The main switches are not yet turned on, so there is no current going through the leads as yet; what then is being done?
35015what is up with this one?
33098The further question presents itself, What meaning is intended to be conveyed by the terms which we translate as ships of many banks?
33098The question arises, What purpose could it have been intended to serve?
33098The question, however, arises, Can a botanist be accepted as an accurate witness in matters relating to shipbuilding?
29064How does a steel boat float?
29064How is it, then, that an iron or concrete ship will float?
29064What if the hull of a boat has a hole in it?
29064Why is it that brass is caused to float in this way, when it sank so rapidly in the form of a solid square?
46731In the English_ News Letter_ of March 12, 1666, was carried an encouraging news item:"A frigate of between thirty and forty[ tuns?
46731On March 31, 1626, Thomas Munn(?)
46731Plantation of John Hereford in[ Doegs?]
46731What shall I say?
46219Can such a ship be built?
46219Do you doubt it?
46219How comes it, then, that this noble vessel lies to- day at the bottom of the Atlantic in two thousand fathoms of water?
46219Now, it will be asked: what was the factor in the calculations which determined the height of these bulkheads?
46382About this time I wrote an article,"Can New York be Bombarded?"
46382CHAPTER I WHAT THE MODERN SUBMARINE IS What is a modern submarine boat?
46382I then said to him,"Well, then, who are all these other gentlemen present?
46382JUN.--But how is''t done?
46382JUN.--Have you no news against him, on the contrary?
46382We stopped until they came alongside and inquired:''What is this thing?''
46382What is the reason for this lamentable state of affairs in respect to American military inventions?
46382Would n''t the submarine have to desert her supply vessels and sink alone beneath the surface?
46382You remember having come near the surface shortly after you started across and then diving?
21749What are you firing for?
21749What_ is_ the compass?
21749And if you lay it on the table the wrong end to the north, will it turn round of its own accord?"
21749And which end points to the north-- the eye or the point?
21749Can a_ Devastation_ or a_ Glatton_ ever inspire poetic thoughts and images?
21749Does not the epigram on our war- ships-- our"sub- marine fleet"--owe its point and sting, in a measure, to its truth?
21749If we were a maker of riddles, we would ask our reader,"Why is a ship like a human being?"
21749Is it a darning needle, or a knitting needle, or a drawing- through needle?
21749It may occur to the reader to ask, Why not have sea- going masted vessels at once?
21749The new sea- monster looks formidable enough in all conscience; but the question that arises the instant she quits the dock is, Is she sea- worthy?
21749The question, then, that immediately suggests itself is,_ Can_ a vessel be constructed to carry much heavier armour- plating than this?
21749What could such a crew do in a little open boat in so wild a sea?
21749What further evidence need we that the lifeboat is almost, if not altogether, indestructible?
21749What is now the state of matters?
21749Will a Dibdin ever arise to sing a_ Devastation_ or a_ Glatton_?
21749_ Why_ is it that the magnetising of the needle causes it to turn to the north?"
21749and having added,"D''ye give it up?"