Dictionary of the Thames, from Oxford to the None: An Unconventional HandbookThe Author., 1894 |
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... Eton , Henley and Maidenhead , may not be counted . For Cookham and its neighbourhood the late Frederick Walker and his followers may be said to have rendered pictorial services such as Hook has accomplished on behalf of the coast of ...
... Eton , Henley and Maidenhead , may not be counted . For Cookham and its neighbourhood the late Frederick Walker and his followers may be said to have rendered pictorial services such as Hook has accomplished on behalf of the coast of ...
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... Eton boys , rather more than half - a - mile below Boveney Lock , railed off and provided with ladders , & c . The high ground is known as Acropolis , and is used for the purpose of taking running headers , in which the Eton boys excel ...
... Eton boys , rather more than half - a - mile below Boveney Lock , railed off and provided with ladders , & c . The high ground is known as Acropolis , and is used for the purpose of taking running headers , in which the Eton boys excel ...
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... Eton College , the water being of a convenient depth with but little stream . It leaves the river at Upper Hope , a little distance below Athens , and re - enters it again above the Great Western Railway - bridge opposite Clewer ...
... Eton College , the water being of a convenient depth with but little stream . It leaves the river at Upper Hope , a little distance below Athens , and re - enters it again above the Great Western Railway - bridge opposite Clewer ...
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... Eton , Bucks , on the left bank , from Oxford 68 miles , from London 43 miles . Population , 3,500 . But for its connection with the greatest public school in England , Eton is a place of but little importance . In 1800 , Mark Antony ...
... Eton , Bucks , on the left bank , from Oxford 68 miles , from London 43 miles . Population , 3,500 . But for its connection with the greatest public school in England , Eton is a place of but little importance . In 1800 , Mark Antony ...
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... Eton eight is chosen from the best oars among these boats , and enters at Henley for the Ladies ' Plate , and sometimes for the Grand Challenge Cup . Eton has won the Ladies ' Plate ten times . The boating season com- mences with the ...
... Eton eight is chosen from the best oars among these boats , and enters at Henley for the Ladies ' Plate , and sometimes for the Grand Challenge Cup . Eton has won the Ladies ' Plate ten times . The boating season com- mences with the ...
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Page 148 - 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.
Page 145 - ... light, so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the ship, viz., from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least five miles.
Page 146 - ... use; and shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side.
Page 147 - 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.
Page 145 - ... exceeds 20 feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such breadth, so, however, that the light need not be...
Page 145 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. (c) On the...
Page 146 - ... feet apart. The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall...
Page 148 - Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of any special rules made by the government of any nation with respect to additional station and signal lights for two or more ships of war or for vessels sailing under convoy...
Page 147 - 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.
Page 147 - Where by the above rules one of two ships is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course.