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In particular, it had very dense leg bones, a feature of some aquatic creatures like manatees that need the bones for ballast to stay submerged.
SPINOSAURUS’ DENSE BONES FUEL DEBATE OVER WHETHER SOME DINOSAURS COULD SWIMCAROLYN GRAMLINGMARCH 23, 2022SCIENCE NEWSOther options include dredging around the ship and offloading ballast water, fuel, or cargo.
HOW THAT MASSIVE CONTAINER SHIP STUCK IN THE SUEZ CANAL IS ALREADY COSTING THE WORLD BILLIONS OF DOLLARSJOSEPH HINCKSMARCH 25, 2021TIMESand and gravel are also used for "fill," for engine sands, railroad ballast and glass.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYOld and new measurements, tonnage, time allowances and movable ballast, are all a sealed book to me.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThe big sloop, hard aground and full of iron ballast, was not a thing to be moved easily.
THE RIVAL CAMPERSRUEL PERLEY SMITHOur new craft worked and sailed well, after a little addition of ballast.
FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WARVARIOUSI ordered the ballast to be thrown overboard, and determined, as our only chance, to attempt to force her over the reef.
FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WARVARIOUSAs the last of the ballast went overboard she forged ahead, and then brought up.
FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WARVARIOUSBut our first care was to ballast the sloop, for without it she was so crank as to be unseaworthy.
FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WARVARIOUSAt daylight we started again to the westward, looking for a dry spot where we might land, get ballast, and possibly some supplies.
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