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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... necessary to Carry out a First - Rate's Bower - To Calculate Capacity of a Cask- To Calculate Number of Tanks necessary to Carry out Heavy Anchor - To Calculate Floating Power of Spars for same pur- pose - Sweeping for Anchors and ...
... necessary to Carry out a First - Rate's Bower - To Calculate Capacity of a Cask- To Calculate Number of Tanks necessary to Carry out Heavy Anchor - To Calculate Floating Power of Spars for same pur- pose - Sweeping for Anchors and ...
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... necessary to give roundness to the splice . Finally , slue round and splice the small strands into the large rope , as in a common short splice , tapering the ends . A Mariner's Splice is a long splice in a cable - laid rope . Pro- ceed ...
... necessary to give roundness to the splice . Finally , slue round and splice the small strands into the large rope , as in a common short splice , tapering the ends . A Mariner's Splice is a long splice in a cable - laid rope . Pro- ceed ...
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... necessary , they used a TAPERED SPLICE , Fig . 118 , Plate 14 , where the strands were thinned out gradually and the splice served over with spun- yarn a little beyond the entire length ; looking , when finished , something like a ...
... necessary , they used a TAPERED SPLICE , Fig . 118 , Plate 14 , where the strands were thinned out gradually and the splice served over with spun- yarn a little beyond the entire length ; looking , when finished , something like a ...
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... necessary , and make nettles : ( this is done by taking separate parts of the yarns when split , and twisting them . ) Comb the rest down with a knife , Fig . 148. Make two nettles out of every yarn which is left ; lay half the nettles ...
... necessary , and make nettles : ( this is done by taking separate parts of the yarns when split , and twisting them . ) Comb the rest down with a knife , Fig . 148. Make two nettles out of every yarn which is left ; lay half the nettles ...
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... necessary , as in hoisting articles from the holds to the upper decks , or from the decks to the masts and yards . It is quite different , however , when the single block is movable , or attached to the weight to be moved . Let A P ...
... necessary , as in hoisting articles from the holds to the upper decks , or from the decks to the masts and yards . It is quite different , however , when the single block is movable , or attached to the weight to be moved . Let A P ...
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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...