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Page xiv
... Helm . - Tacking and Wearing . CHAP . XIX . MEASURES AND WEIGHTS . 300 Measures of Time . The Pendulum . Compensation Balance . Table of length of Pendulum vibrating Seconds in different Latitudes . Tables of Weights and Measures ...
... Helm . - Tacking and Wearing . CHAP . XIX . MEASURES AND WEIGHTS . 300 Measures of Time . The Pendulum . Compensation Balance . Table of length of Pendulum vibrating Seconds in different Latitudes . Tables of Weights and Measures ...
Page xv
... Helm . - Getting a Boat up on a Beach . Contrivances for landing Parties on a Shallow Beach . - Towing . - Saluting . Boats detached.— Hooking on for Hoisting.- Directions in case of being towed - CHAP . XXIII . ANCHORING . - 343 ...
... Helm . - Getting a Boat up on a Beach . Contrivances for landing Parties on a Shallow Beach . - Towing . - Saluting . Boats detached.— Hooking on for Hoisting.- Directions in case of being towed - CHAP . XXIII . ANCHORING . - 343 ...
Page 49
... helm port : " the pintles enter the gudgeons , and the rudder is thus " hung . " The Rudder Chocks are blocks of wood , which are forced in along- side the head to keep it steady when E CAP Jury rudder made with a top- mast and top ...
... helm port : " the pintles enter the gudgeons , and the rudder is thus " hung . " The Rudder Chocks are blocks of wood , which are forced in along- side the head to keep it steady when E CAP Jury rudder made with a top- mast and top ...
Page 180
... helm hard up , to a dangerous extent , when a ready touch of the after braces , and tack tricing line , ( which may be given by the quarter master and signal man , ) would release the ship from her balance . The Fore and main lifts are ...
... helm hard up , to a dangerous extent , when a ready touch of the after braces , and tack tricing line , ( which may be given by the quarter master and signal man , ) would release the ship from her balance . The Fore and main lifts are ...
Page 302
... helm or sails . The position of this line is affected both by the trim of the ship , and her speed . It will be drawn aft or forward as the ship sinks by the stern or the head . The power of the sails is opposed by the action of the ...
... helm or sails . The position of this line is affected both by the trim of the ship , and her speed . It will be drawn aft or forward as the ship sinks by the stern or the head . The power of the sails is opposed by the action of the ...
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