a-hull
Overview page. Subjects: Maritime History.
The condition of a sailing vessel which is obliged, because of heavy weather, to heave to under bare poles with its helm a-lee in order to ride out the storm.
Taylor, Charles
in Oxford Music Online
January 2001; p ublished online January 2001 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Acoustics Theory; Contemporary Music. 269 words.
(Alfred )
(b Hull, August 14, 1922; d March 7, 2002). English physicist, writer and lecturer on the physics of music. He studied physics at Queen Mary College, London (BSc...