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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... Means of Launch - To Weigh a Stream . ..pp . 617--630 CHAPTER XXXVIII . HEAVING DOWN - DOCKS . The " Brandywine " - " Shark , " " Success , " " Croesus " -Dry Dock- Caisson - The Slip - Graving Dock - Modes of Working Govern- ment Docks ...
... Means of Launch - To Weigh a Stream . ..pp . 617--630 CHAPTER XXXVIII . HEAVING DOWN - DOCKS . The " Brandywine " - " Shark , " " Success , " " Croesus " -Dry Dock- Caisson - The Slip - Graving Dock - Modes of Working Govern- ment Docks ...
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... means of a toggle which has a laniard . Breechings for all guns are to be made of the best hemp , of three - stranded rope , shroud - laid and soft , and not to measure less than seven and a half , nor more than eight inches in the coil ...
... means of a toggle which has a laniard . Breechings for all guns are to be made of the best hemp , of three - stranded rope , shroud - laid and soft , and not to measure less than seven and a half , nor more than eight inches in the coil ...
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... means so secure as the splice , for if the pointing be worn by wet and fric- tion , the strap may give way ; it is therefore better , that the straps of blocks which are to be pointed for neatness , and with- out a splice , should be ...
... means so secure as the splice , for if the pointing be worn by wet and fric- tion , the strap may give way ; it is therefore better , that the straps of blocks which are to be pointed for neatness , and with- out a splice , should be ...
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... means of luffs , to spars lashed on the quarters and the vessel steered in that way . EQUIPOISE RUDDER . Since the introduction of the screw - propeller and very long ships , the effort has been made to increase the water surface of the ...
... means of luffs , to spars lashed on the quarters and the vessel steered in that way . EQUIPOISE RUDDER . Since the introduction of the screw - propeller and very long ships , the effort has been made to increase the water surface of the ...
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... means of top- tackles ; the top - gallant masts , by mast ropes . Each yard is sus- tained at the centre by slings or ties , and at the extremities by lifts ; and are moved about by braces . Sails are set by the hal- liards hoisting ...
... means of top- tackles ; the top - gallant masts , by mast ropes . Each yard is sus- tained at the centre by slings or ties , and at the extremities by lifts ; and are moved about by braces . Sails are set by the hal- liards hoisting ...
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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...