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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... length . Soundings at sea , in a greater depth than twenty fathoms , are taken by the use of the deep - sea lead , which weighs from forty to one hundred pounds , the line being from eighty to one hundred fathoms in length . Fig . 4 ...
... length . Soundings at sea , in a greater depth than twenty fathoms , are taken by the use of the deep - sea lead , which weighs from forty to one hundred pounds , the line being from eighty to one hundred fathoms in length . Fig . 4 ...
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... length , and fill up the intervals which it leaves with the opposite strand next to it . For example , the strand ( 1 ) being unlaid for a particular length , is followed in the space which it leaves by the strand ( 2 ) . The strand ( 3 ) ...
... length , and fill up the intervals which it leaves with the opposite strand next to it . For example , the strand ( 1 ) being unlaid for a particular length , is followed in the space which it leaves by the strand ( 2 ) . The strand ( 3 ) ...
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... length and crotch them ; unlay one strand of the three - stranded , and fill the space with a strand of the four - stranded rope ; then unlay a strand of the four and fill up from the three - stranded rope ; there remains two strands of ...
... length and crotch them ; unlay one strand of the three - stranded , and fill the space with a strand of the four - stranded rope ; then unlay a strand of the four and fill up from the three - stranded rope ; there remains two strands of ...
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... length ; looking , when finished , something like a mousing . Also , the Drawing Splice , Fig . 119 , Plate 14 , used that the splice might be drawn and the lengths of cable separated . After making a short splice , the ends , which are ...
... length ; looking , when finished , something like a mousing . Also , the Drawing Splice , Fig . 119 , Plate 14 , used that the splice might be drawn and the lengths of cable separated . After making a short splice , the ends , which are ...
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... length to marry the strands is , once the round of the block and thimble . Working a Cringle in a Rope . Unlay a single strand from a rope of the size that the cringle is required to be ; begin on the left , and put this strand under ...
... length to marry the strands is , once the round of the block and thimble . Working a Cringle in a Rope . Unlay a single strand from a rope of the size that the cringle is required to be ; begin on the left , and put this strand under ...
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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...