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Side 31
... pieces . The first figure put down on the log - board is 1 , meaning one o'clock . Whatever then is written down to that figure indicates what has occurred from tho previous hour up to that hour : thus , the first line of the follow ...
... pieces . The first figure put down on the log - board is 1 , meaning one o'clock . Whatever then is written down to that figure indicates what has occurred from tho previous hour up to that hour : thus , the first line of the follow ...
Side 49
... acquired during the time the ship is on the stocks ; and the effect on the compass is the result- ant of the actions of a large number of pieces of iron Ꭰ hammered and bent into the frame and hull of the THE DEVIATION OF THE COMPASS . 49.
... acquired during the time the ship is on the stocks ; and the effect on the compass is the result- ant of the actions of a large number of pieces of iron Ꭰ hammered and bent into the frame and hull of the THE DEVIATION OF THE COMPASS . 49.
Side 50
... piece of soft iron two feet long and half an inch in diameter , and raising it vertically , try its effect on the compass ? —whatever might be its effect as it lay horizontally , it would , when raised per- pendicularly , attract the ...
... piece of soft iron two feet long and half an inch in diameter , and raising it vertically , try its effect on the compass ? —whatever might be its effect as it lay horizontally , it would , when raised per- pendicularly , attract the ...
Side 113
... pieces of cloth of any colour . 2. Two whefts or strips of cloth of any colour , or parts of a plank longer than broad . 3. Two balls , bundles , hats , or buckets . With these any of the Distance Signals can be made by holding the ...
... pieces of cloth of any colour . 2. Two whefts or strips of cloth of any colour , or parts of a plank longer than broad . 3. Two balls , bundles , hats , or buckets . With these any of the Distance Signals can be made by holding the ...
Side 165
... piece of rope placed so as to confine a spar or another rope . A handle made of rope , in the form of a circle ( as the handle of a chest ) , is called a becket . BEES . Pieces of plank bolted to the outer end A BRIEF DICTIONARY OF SEA ...
... piece of rope placed so as to confine a spar or another rope . A handle made of rope , in the form of a circle ( as the handle of a chest ) , is called a becket . BEES . Pieces of plank bolted to the outer end A BRIEF DICTIONARY OF SEA ...
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altitude anchor angle apply bearing boat centre chart chro chronometer Circle Sailing cloth boards Colonel Sir William compass course correct magnetic course and distance Dead Reckoning deck Deviation Diff direction Dist Distance Signals East easterly Edition Engineers equator Flags gale give Greenwich mean hauled HENRY LAW hoist horizon Hour-angle hurricane iron latitude leeway light Long LUDGATE HILL mast meridian meridian altitude miles minutes Naut Nautical Almanac Navigation noon North northern hemisphere numerous Illustrations observed parallel parallel ruler Parallel Sailing Pennant pieces of timber Plates port practical protractor quadrant RALPH TATE rigging rope Rudimentary Treatise rule SCOTT BURN semicircle sextant Ship Date ship's head ship's place side Sir William Reid South southern Steam Ships steered storm subtract sun's lower limb tion track Traverse Table true course tude variation vessel West whirlwind William Reid wind Woodcuts yard
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Side 4 - AN OUTLINE OF THE METHOD OF CONDUCTING A TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY. For the Formation of Geographical and Topographical Maps and Plans, Military Reconnaissance, LEVELLING, &c., with Useful Problems, Formulae, and Tables.
Side 113 - ... abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Side 117 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard must be had to all dangers of navigation ; and due regard must also be had to any special circumstances which may exist in any particular case rendering a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Side 116 - 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 8 - A HANDY BOOK of VILLA ARCHITECTURE ; being a Series of Designs for Villa Residences in various Styles. With Detailed Specifications and Estimates. By C. WICKES, Architect, Author of " The Spires and Towers of the Mediaeval Churches of England,
Side 35 - A GRAMMAR OF COLOURING, applied to Decorative Painting and the Arts. By GEORGE FIELD. New Edition, enlarged and adapted to the Use of the Ornamental Painter and Designer. By ELLIS A. DAVIDSON. With two new Coloured Diagrams, &c.
Side 14 - Rates, from id. to i68s. per cwt., and containing 186,000 Direct Answers, which, with their Combinations, consisting of a single addition (mostly to be performed at sight), will afford an aggregate of 10,266,000 Answers ; the whole being calculated and designed...
Side 21 - Woods and Marbles (Imitation of). SCHOOL OF PAINTING FOR THE IMITATION OF WOODS AND MARBLES, as Taught and Practised by AR VAN DER BURG and P. VAN DER BURG, Directors of the Rotterdam Painting Institution. Royal folio, 18i by iai in., Illustrated with 24 full-size Coloured Plates; also 12 plain Plates, comprising 154 Figures.