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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... top- mast tressle - trees . The name is also applied to the small metal blocks used aloft for various purposes , such as for topgallant and royal braces , topgallant buntlines , etc. Girt - line Blocks are single , through which ...
... top- mast tressle - trees . The name is also applied to the small metal blocks used aloft for various purposes , such as for topgallant and royal braces , topgallant buntlines , etc. Girt - line Blocks are single , through which ...
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... top pendants reeve through them . Topgallant - top Block is similar to the above , but smaller . It is used for the topgallant - mast rope , and hooks from in , out , to an eye - bolt in the topmast cap . Tye - blocks are large , single ...
... top pendants reeve through them . Topgallant - top Block is similar to the above , but smaller . It is used for the topgallant - mast rope , and hooks from in , out , to an eye - bolt in the topmast cap . Tye - blocks are large , single ...
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... top - gallant masts is nine eighths of an inch to every three feet of length ; the same size up to top of hounds . Royal masts , in diameter , are four fifths of top - gallant masts . All the spars of the foremast are nine tenths of ...
... top - gallant masts is nine eighths of an inch to every three feet of length ; the same size up to top of hounds . Royal masts , in diameter , are four fifths of top - gallant masts . All the spars of the foremast are nine tenths of ...
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... top - gallant stay . Lastly comes the wythe , a species of iron cap to support the flying jib - boom . The Lower Mast has the cap on . To an eye in each end of a strap passing over the cap , shackle the chain slings for the lower yard ...
... top - gallant stay . Lastly comes the wythe , a species of iron cap to support the flying jib - boom . The Lower Mast has the cap on . To an eye in each end of a strap passing over the cap , shackle the chain slings for the lower yard ...
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... 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 them and the ...
... 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 them and the ...
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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...