The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volume 53Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1884 |
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... sailor to perceive its futility . The fact must not be lost sight of that the intelligent shipmaster does know very much about stability , if he does not know what the metacentre means ; that if he cannot calculate the exact metacentric ...
... sailor to perceive its futility . The fact must not be lost sight of that the intelligent shipmaster does know very much about stability , if he does not know what the metacentre means ; that if he cannot calculate the exact metacentric ...
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... sailors themselves , who may be expected to have a very natural contempt for a service which appears to be approaching to a state of anarchy , and which is governed by laws made for them to laugh at . There has been demand in certain ...
... sailors themselves , who may be expected to have a very natural contempt for a service which appears to be approaching to a state of anarchy , and which is governed by laws made for them to laugh at . There has been demand in certain ...
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... sailors or soldiers ; yet it will be found not only in all expeditions of danger or adventure , but in the less exciting affairs of the workshop on terra firma , that moral force is a most powerful agent in maintaining order , more ...
... sailors or soldiers ; yet it will be found not only in all expeditions of danger or adventure , but in the less exciting affairs of the workshop on terra firma , that moral force is a most powerful agent in maintaining order , more ...
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... sailors at forty years of age as any other distemper . There is no reason whatever why our shipowners should not feed their crews as liberally as the Americans do , for they make more money , in proof of which they have all but driven ...
... sailors at forty years of age as any other distemper . There is no reason whatever why our shipowners should not feed their crews as liberally as the Americans do , for they make more money , in proof of which they have all but driven ...
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... sailors all that we give ours , with the following additions : For breakfast , ground Indian corn , made something like porridge , and treacle with it . For dinner , boiled beans with their beef ; and baked , with their pork . For ...
... sailors all that we give ours , with the following additions : For breakfast , ground Indian corn , made something like porridge , and treacle with it . For dinner , boiled beans with their beef ; and baked , with their pork . For ...
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Page 809 - On the starboard side, a green light so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass ; so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam...
Page 809 - On the port side a red light, so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least 2 miles.
Page 464 - ... (f) A seaplane on the water under 150 feet in length, when at anchor, shall carry, where it can best be seen, a white light, visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least 2 miles.
Page 809 - In the following rules every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel. The words "steam vessel" shall include any vessel propelled by machinery. A vessel is "under way...
Page 881 - ... so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Page 464 - ... a bright white light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 20 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light 10 points on each side of the vessel...
Page 809 - ... feet, then at a height : above the hull not less than such breadth, so, however, that the light need not be carried at a greater height above the hull...
Page 664 - ... cents per ton in any one year, is hereby Imposed at each entry on all vessels which shall be entered in any port of the United States from any foreign port or place in North America, Central America, the West India Islands, the Bahama Islands, the Bermuda Islands, or the Coast of South America bordering on the Caribbean Sea, or...
Page 662 - That it shall be, and is hereby made, unlawful in any case to pay any seaman wages in advance of the time when he has actually earned the same, or to pay such advance wages, or to make any order, or note, or other evidence of indebtedness therefor to any other person, or to pay any person, for the shipment of seamen when payment is deducted or to be deducted from a seaman's wages.
Page 809 - ... which is under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a ship under steam. Rules concerning Lights.