Seamanship: Compiled from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous Original and Select Designs, for the Use of the United States Naval AcademyD. Van Nostrand, 1868 - 699 páginas |
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... Cloths - Ta ble of Sails Allowed - Table of Canvas , Showing Method of Test- ing , etc ..... - pp . 187-209 CHAPTER XII . STOWAGE . References to a Plan of a First Class Steam Sloop - of - War - Stowing a Hold - Theory of Stowage ...
... Cloths - Ta ble of Sails Allowed - Table of Canvas , Showing Method of Test- ing , etc ..... - pp . 187-209 CHAPTER XII . STOWAGE . References to a Plan of a First Class Steam Sloop - of - War - Stowing a Hold - Theory of Stowage ...
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... cloth , the head and foot rope must be lengthened in this way . For all sizes of rope , take eight times the round for splicing , in addition to what is wanted to lengthen the rope . To lengthen SPLICING . two feet , cut the strands ...
... cloth , the head and foot rope must be lengthened in this way . For all sizes of rope , take eight times the round for splicing , in addition to what is wanted to lengthen the rope . To lengthen SPLICING . two feet , cut the strands ...
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... clothes or hammocks , soap at times unavoid- ably gets on the rigging : it should be carefully washed off be- fore the decks are dry . At sea , under sail , an officer of the deck should never under any circumstances allow such running ...
... clothes or hammocks , soap at times unavoid- ably gets on the rigging : it should be carefully washed off be- fore the decks are dry . At sea , under sail , an officer of the deck should never under any circumstances allow such running ...
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... clothes- lines are used for the purpose . Gun Tackle . A double and a single block . Gun - tackle falls are made of Manilla , or such other pliable rope as may be di- rected from time to time by the Bureau of Ordnance . It is pro ...
... clothes- lines are used for the purpose . Gun Tackle . A double and a single block . Gun - tackle falls are made of Manilla , or such other pliable rope as may be di- rected from time to time by the Bureau of Ordnance . It is pro ...
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... cloths by the length , and add the quantity in the collar . EXAMPLE . Ft . In . 1 8 length . 4 number of cloths . 68 30 feet in the collar . Total 9 8 • Much that is said of the old - fashioned dead - eye is not applicable to the new ...
... cloths by the length , and add the quantity in the collar . EXAMPLE . Ft . In . 1 8 length . 4 number of cloths . 68 30 feet in the collar . Total 9 8 • Much that is said of the old - fashioned dead - eye is not applicable to the new ...
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Términos y frases comunes
abaft aloft anchor bend bight boat boom bowline bowsprit braces buntlines burton cable capstan chain clear clew Cloth cringle deck downhaul eye-bolt fathoms fitted fore foresail forward furl furling sails grommet guns guys halliards Haul taut hawse hawser head yards heave heel helm hemp hitch hoist hook inches jiggers keep knot laniard lashing length let go lifts lower yards luff mainsail mast mast-head mizzen outhaul overhaul pass pendant pendant-tackles Plate port purchase quarter ratline ready reef reeve rigging rope round round seizing rove RUNNING RIGGING sail secured seizing sennit shackle sheave sheer sheet ship shrouds side single block slack slings spanker spar splice square standing starboard stay staysail stern stopper stowed strain strap studding-sail tack tackle thimble tide toggle top-gallant topmast topsail trysail turns upper veer vessel weather weight whip wind yard-arm yarns
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Página 363 - ... so constructed as to show an 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 vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Página 363 - ... from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Página 359 - The points to be aimed at are, first and immediately, the restoration of breathing ; and secondly, after breathing is restored, the promotion of warmth and circulation. The efforts to restore...