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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... PURCHASING HEAVY WEIGHTS . Theory of Securing Yards for Sustaining Heavy Weights - The Der- rick - The Span - Practice of Securing Lower Yards - Hoisting in a Launch - The Same at Sea - Hoisting in Boats at Sea - Get- ting in Guns ...
... PURCHASING HEAVY WEIGHTS . Theory of Securing Yards for Sustaining Heavy Weights - The Der- rick - The Span - Practice of Securing Lower Yards - Hoisting in a Launch - The Same at Sea - Hoisting in Boats at Sea - Get- ting in Guns ...
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... purchase . This is a good hitch for a stopper , as it will not slip , and is in very general use , though not commonly known by the above name . A Marling - Spike Hitch , Fig . 62 , Plate 8. Always used in heav- ing on seizings . The ...
... purchase . This is a good hitch for a stopper , as it will not slip , and is in very general use , though not commonly known by the above name . A Marling - Spike Hitch , Fig . 62 , Plate 8. Always used in heav- ing on seizings . The ...
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... purchase falls are thus se- cured to the becket in the strap of the purchase block , as in Fig . 73 . A Fisherman's Bend , Fig . 75 , Plate 9. With the end part of a rope take two turns ( c ) round a spar ; a half - hitch round the ...
... purchase falls are thus se- cured to the becket in the strap of the purchase block , as in Fig . 73 . A Fisherman's Bend , Fig . 75 , Plate 9. With the end part of a rope take two turns ( c ) round a spar ; a half - hitch round the ...
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... purchase is fleeted . The turns are taken cross- ways , Fig . 142 , Plate 17 , between the parts to jam them ; and frequently a round turn is taken over the laniard , before every cross : these are called racking turns . Riders are ...
... purchase is fleeted . The turns are taken cross- ways , Fig . 142 , Plate 17 , between the parts to jam them ; and frequently a round turn is taken over the laniard , before every cross : these are called racking turns . Riders are ...
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... purchase contrived with a single rope for raising a heavy cask or other similar weight . The same kind of purchase , though on a larger scale , is used for getting on board the shear legs when masting a ship with one's own resources ...
... purchase contrived with a single rope for raising a heavy cask or other similar weight . The same kind of purchase , though on a larger scale , is used for getting on board the shear legs when masting a ship with one's own resources ...
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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...