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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... BLOCKS . Made and Mortised - Descriptive List of Blocks -- Strapping Blocks- Seizings for Block - Straps -Table of Size of Rope Strapping . CHAPTER VI . TACKLES . pp . 61-72 Theory of Purchases - Friction - The Whip - Runner - Luff ...
... BLOCKS . Made and Mortised - Descriptive List of Blocks -- Strapping Blocks- Seizings for Block - Straps -Table of Size of Rope Strapping . CHAPTER VI . TACKLES . pp . 61-72 Theory of Purchases - Friction - The Whip - Runner - Luff ...
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... blocks except those used for the gun tackles . In the patent blocks the bouching contains friction rollers . In the common block the bouching is counter - sunk , and made of a composition of 100 parts of copper and 16 of tin . The ...
... blocks except those used for the gun tackles . In the patent blocks the bouching contains friction rollers . In the common block the bouching is counter - sunk , and made of a composition of 100 parts of copper and 16 of tin . The ...
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... Block . A strongly - made block with a thick metal sheave , having a large swallow or opening , in proportion to its length . Clump - Blocks are short and thick , with metal sheaves , as the fore and main tack and sheet blocks . Clew ...
... Block . A strongly - made block with a thick metal sheave , having a large swallow or opening , in proportion to its length . Clump - Blocks are short and thick , with metal sheaves , as the fore and main tack and sheet blocks . Clew ...
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... Block is a double or treble block , strapped to the main - boom of a schooner or sloop , for the main - sheet . Quarter - Blocks , on the topsail or topgallant yards , are double , and are iron - strapped to the quarters of the yards ...
... Block is a double or treble block , strapped to the main - boom of a schooner or sloop , for the main - sheet . Quarter - Blocks , on the topsail or topgallant yards , are double , and are iron - strapped to the quarters of the yards ...
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... block , Fig . 231 ( a and b ) , is made of lignum - vitæ , and has an iron half - strap and sister - hooks . Snatch - blocks are always single and iron - bound , with swivel hooks . The shell at the breech is left open , and the strap ...
... block , Fig . 231 ( a and b ) , is made of lignum - vitæ , and has an iron half - strap and sister - hooks . Snatch - blocks are always single and iron - bound , with swivel hooks . The shell at the breech is left open , and the strap ...
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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...