The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volum 4Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1835 |
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Side 32
... eight fathoms . We learnt that it is very unusual to have the sea - breeze so strong , or so much swell , as on this day . The water is said to be generally smooth , and favourable for the mer- chant - vessels to receive and discharge ...
... eight fathoms . We learnt that it is very unusual to have the sea - breeze so strong , or so much swell , as on this day . The water is said to be generally smooth , and favourable for the mer- chant - vessels to receive and discharge ...
Side 49
... eight different grades of the first class , and the causes of lapsing into the second description of the first class , nor of the requi- sites for restoration to the first description of the first class ; -nor do we conceive it ...
... eight different grades of the first class , and the causes of lapsing into the second description of the first class , nor of the requi- sites for restoration to the first description of the first class ; -nor do we conceive it ...
Side 65
... eight miles the light never entirely disappears . The greatest brilliancy lasts from ten to fifteen seconds . The light is shewn at dusk every evening . The tower was constructed in 1818 with white stone , and stands on the brink of the ...
... eight miles the light never entirely disappears . The greatest brilliancy lasts from ten to fifteen seconds . The light is shewn at dusk every evening . The tower was constructed in 1818 with white stone , and stands on the brink of the ...
Side 66
... eight feet in length and twenty feet in height , with a roof nine feet high , covered in with tiles . The building is painted in the stone joints , and has three windows on one side , and two windows and a door on the other side . On ...
... eight feet in length and twenty feet in height , with a roof nine feet high , covered in with tiles . The building is painted in the stone joints , and has three windows on one side , and two windows and a door on the other side . On ...
Side 68
... eight fathoms and a half ; but the best berth is about three cables ' lengths to the south - east of our anchorage , nearer to the hill on the south - east side , than the middle of the port , where there is seven or eight fathoms water ...
... eight fathoms and a half ; but the best berth is about three cables ' lengths to the south - east of our anchorage , nearer to the hill on the south - east side , than the middle of the port , where there is seven or eight fathoms water ...
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Side 386 - WIND 0 Calm. 1 Light Air 2 Light Breeze 3 Gentle Breeze 4 Moderate Breeze 5 Fresh Breeze 6 Strong Breeze — 7 Moderate Gale 8 Fresh Gale 9 Strong Gale 10 Whole Gale...
Side 428 - Tis sweet to see the evening star appear; 'Tis sweet to listen as the night-winds creep From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky.
Side 748 - ... give the number of tons for register. If the vessel have a poop or half-deck, or a break in the upper deck, measure the inside mean length, breadth, and height of such part thereof as may be included within the bulkhead; multiply these three measurements together, and, dividing the product by 92.4, the quotient will be the number of tons to be added to the result as above found.
Side 101 - The southern wind now ceases, and is followed by variable winds from the northward. Heavy clouds are thus brought over; and lightning, accompanied by thunder, follows in a most terrific manner. The wind veers gradually to the westward in violent gusts, the lightning becomes more vivid, and the thunder more awful; a gale of wind follows from the SW more violent, but of short duration, and fine weather ensues.
Side 258 - Drizzling rain. f — foggy — f, Thick fog. g — Gloomy dark weather. h— Hail. 1 — Lightning. m — Misty hazy atmosphere. o — Overcast ; the whole sky being covered with an impervious cloud. p — Passing temporary showers. q — Squally. r — Rain ; continued rain. s — Snow. t— Thunder. u — Ugly threatening appearance of the weather.
Side 460 - TO this great ship, which round the globe has run, And match'd in race the chariot of the sun, This Pythagorean ship (for it may claim Without presumption so deserv'da name, By knowledge once, and transformation now) In her new shape, this sacred port allow. Drake and his ship could not have wish'd from Fate A more blest station, or more blest estate ; For, lo ! a seat of endless rest is given To her in Oxford, and to him in heaven.
Side 714 - ... and is caught in the net. I have been told by fome of thefe hunters, that, when hard pinched with hunger on fuch long chaces, they take two thin boards, one of which they apply to the pit of the ftomach, and the other to the back oppofite to it ; the extremities of thefe boards are tied with cords, which are drawn tighter by degrees, and prevent their feeling the cravings of hunger.
Side 514 - No. 0 Calm © 1 Light air \ . 2 Light breeze 3 Gentle breeze 4 Moderate breeze 5 Fresh breeze 6 Strong breeze 7 Moderate gale 8 Fresh gale 9 Strong gale 10 Whole gale 11 Storm 12 Hurricane SCALE Speed Commonly observed effects of mph corresponding winds 0 Calm, smoke rises vertically.
Side 68 - Beaufort : — 0. Calm. 1. Light air . . . 2. Light breeze . . 3. Gentle breeze . 4. Moderate breeze 5. Fresh breeze . . 6. Strong breeze . 7. Moderate gale . 8. Fresh gale. . . 9. Strong gale . . or just sufficient to give steerage way.
Side 534 - Rarifaction made by his greatest Meridian Heat, is with him carried Westward, and consequently the tendency of the whole Body of the lower Air is that way.