Hulls
[hʌlz]
Examples
- He was lying on a heap of empty cartridge hulls but his head was protected by the rock and his body lay in the lee of the horse. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Jonathan Hulls and Oliver Evans (1789) had stern wheels. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This was a steamer with two parallel hulls, decked across, and designed for greater steadiness in crossing the English Channel. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The woodcut which lays before you is a reduced copy of Hulls' draught of his steam-boat, as given in his book, a copy of which is preserved in the British Museum. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Jonathan Hulls patented in England in 1736 a marine steam engine, and in 1737 published a description of a Newcomen engine applied to his system for towing ships. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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