Mrs. Janet Taylor's Hand-book [&c.].1865 |
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Side 5
... distance of the port he is bound to , by Mercator's method . He must be able to ob- serve , and calculate the amplitude of the sun , and deduce the variation of the compass therefrom . He must also be able to find the longitude by ...
... distance of the port he is bound to , by Mercator's method . He must be able to ob- serve , and calculate the amplitude of the sun , and deduce the variation of the compass therefrom . He must also be able to find the longitude by ...
Side 8
... distances he would run along shore from headland to headland , and to give in writing the courses and distances corrected for variation , and the bearings of the head lands and lights , and when the courses should be altered , either to ...
... distances he would run along shore from headland to headland , and to give in writing the courses and distances corrected for variation , and the bearings of the head lands and lights , and when the courses should be altered , either to ...
Side 19
... distance . A ship's place at sea is determined by what is technically called account or dead reckoning , or Astro- nomical Observation , the former method is called Navigation , the latter Nautical Astronomy . Before a pupil can well ...
... distance . A ship's place at sea is determined by what is technically called account or dead reckoning , or Astro- nomical Observation , the former method is called Navigation , the latter Nautical Astronomy . Before a pupil can well ...
Side 20
... distance between any two places , shewing how far they are north or south of each other , and is an arc of the meridian intercepted between their respec- tive parallels of latitude . The greatest possible difference of 20 DEFINITIONS .
... distance between any two places , shewing how far they are north or south of each other , and is an arc of the meridian intercepted between their respec- tive parallels of latitude . The greatest possible difference of 20 DEFINITIONS .
Side 23
... distance of the ship from the meridian of the place sailed from , reckoned on the parallel of the lati- tude arrived at . If a ship's course be due north or south , she sails on a meridian , and therefore makes no departure , and the ...
... distance of the ship from the meridian of the place sailed from , reckoned on the parallel of the lati- tude arrived at . If a ship's course be due north or south , she sails on a meridian , and therefore makes no departure , and the ...
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Side 74 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look.out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Side 72 - A vessel which, is closehauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is closehauled on the starboard tack. (c) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Side 99 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Side 73 - ... involve risk of collision, the steam ship shall keep out of the way of the sailing ship. Art. 16. Every steam ship, when approaching another ship so as to involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or, if necessary, stop and reverse ; and every steam ship shall, when in a fog go at a moderate speed.
Side 76 - ... unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Court that the circumstances of the case made a departure from the Regulations necessary.
Side 72 - If two ships under steam are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, the helms of both shall be put to port so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Side 71 - Steamships, when towing other ships, shall carry two bright white masthead lights, vertically, in addition to their side lights, so as to distinguish them from other steamships.
Side 73 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Side 16 - The index of the logarithm of a number greater than unity, is one less than the number of digits in the integral part...
Side 71 - Ships, whether steam ships or sailing ships, when at anchor in roadsteads or fairways, shall, between sunrise and sunset, exhibit where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding 20 feet above the hull, a white light in a globular lantern of eight inches in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all round the horizon, and at a distance of at least one mile.