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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... Officer's Manual , by W. N. Glascock , Captain R. N. Professional Recollections on Seamanship , Discipline , & c . , by Cap- tain Francis Liardet , R. N. The Sheet Anchor , by Darcy Lever , Esq . An Inquiry relative to various important ...
... Officer's Manual , by W. N. Glascock , Captain R. N. Professional Recollections on Seamanship , Discipline , & c . , by Cap- tain Francis Liardet , R. N. The Sheet Anchor , by Darcy Lever , Esq . An Inquiry relative to various important ...
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... Officer of the Deck - General Remarks on Duties of - Making and Taking in Sail - To set Courses - Topsails - To take in , in a Gale - Royals - Topgallant Sails - Head Sails - Studding Sails - Try Sails Trysails - General Remarks on ...
... Officer of the Deck - General Remarks on Duties of - Making and Taking in Sail - To set Courses - Topsails - To take in , in a Gale - Royals - Topgallant Sails - Head Sails - Studding Sails - Try Sails Trysails - General Remarks on ...
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... officer must make himself thoroughly acquainted with the Mari- ner's compass , which should be got by heart , that he may refer to it in his memory on all occasions . The compass is described on a card like Fig . 1 , Plate 1 , divi- ded ...
... officer must make himself thoroughly acquainted with the Mari- ner's compass , which should be got by heart , that he may refer to it in his memory on all occasions . The compass is described on a card like Fig . 1 , Plate 1 , divi- ded ...
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... officer the soundings ob- ' tained , thus : If the depth corresponds with either of the above marks , he says , " By ... officers prefer the Coast - survey . practice , and require the soundings to be given in a sharp , clear and decided ...
... officer the soundings ob- ' tained , thus : If the depth corresponds with either of the above marks , he says , " By ... officers prefer the Coast - survey . practice , and require the soundings to be given in a sharp , clear and decided ...
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... officer thinks there is line enough out . All ready forward ! being communi- cated from the forecastle , the vessel is luffed up into the wind until her headway is sufficiently deadened . Or , as is advisable in a good breeze , the main ...
... officer thinks there is line enough out . All ready forward ! being communi- cated from the forecastle , the vessel is luffed up into the wind until her headway is sufficiently deadened . Or , as is advisable in a good breeze , the main ...
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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...