 ... discovered that he had kept a regular dead-reckoning account all the way up the river, heaving the log at stated intervals, and noting the daily run accordingly ; but, apart from this original notion of a log in river navigation, as he had made no...  A Memoir on the Cotton of Egypt - Side 39av George Robins Gliddon - 1841 - 64 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1849 - 600 sider
...of a log in river navigation, as he had made no allowance for the current running from three to five knots against him, he had actually gone on his chart...over the Mountains of the Moon without seeing them !" This was a very unpromising beginning; so the next expedition was accompanied by three Europeans... | |
 | 1849 - 544 sider
...of a log in river navigation, as he had made no allowance for the current running from three to five knots against him, he had actually gone on his chart...over the Mountains of the Moon without seeing them !" This was a very unpromising beginning ; so the next expedition was accompanied by three Europeans... | |
 | 1849 - 602 sider
...for the current running from three to five knots against him, he had actually gone on his chart tnore than double the distance of his diurnal voyage ! This...over the Mountains of the Moon without seeing them !" This was a very unpromising beginning; so the next expedition was accompanied by three Europeans... | |
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