LXXI. An account of a machine for killing of whales, proposed by John Bond, M. D
Before I give a particular description of this machine, I humbly beg leave to premise some account of the present method of killing whales, which I have collected from several persons of credit, who have been employ’d at Greenland, that those, who are unacquainted with it, may see, how dangerous and...
| Published in: | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1751.0072 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1751.0072 |
| Summary: | Before I give a particular description of this machine, I humbly beg leave to premise some account of the present method of killing whales, which I have collected from several persons of credit, who have been employ’d at Greenland, that those, who are unacquainted with it, may see, how dangerous and uncertain it is, and how much some improvement is requir’d to render it more successful. |
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