The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volume 63Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1894 - Naval art and science |
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Page 799 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters; These men see the works of the Lord : and his wonders in the deep.
Page 373 - When quietly walking along the shady pathways, and admiring each successive view, I wished to find language to express my ideas. Epithet after epithet was found too weak to convey to those who have not visited the intertropical regions, the sensation of delight which the mind experiences.
Page 378 - For a ship, as you well know, is brought to anchor, and ,again got under way, by a vast number of wooden implements, and of ropes, and sails the sea by means of a quantity of rigging, and is armed with a number of contrivances against hostile vessels, and carries about with it a large supply of weapons for the crew, and, besides, has all the utensils that a man keeps in his dwellinghouse, for each of the messes.
Page 587 - If two forces acting on a particle be represented in magnitude and direction by straight lines drawn from...
Page 373 - I have said that the plants in a hothouse fail to communicate a just idea of the vegetation, yet I must recur to it. The land is one great wild, untidy, luxuriant hothouse, made by Nature for herself, but taken possession of by man, who has studded it with gay houses and formal gardens.
Page 535 - The term Starboard Hand shall denote that side which would be on the right hand of the mariner either going with the main stream of flood or entering a harbour, river, or estuary from seaward; the term Port Hand shall denote the left hand of the mariner under the same circumstances.
Page 379 - Moreover, I saw this man in his leisure moments, examining and testing everything that a vessel needs when at sea; so, as I was surprised, I asked him what he was about, whereupon he replied, "Stranger, I am looking to see, in case anything should happen, how everything is arranged in the ship and whether anything is wanting or is inconveniently situated; for when a storm arises at sea, it is not possible either to look for what is wanting, or to put to rights what is arranged awkwardly.
Page 535 - Buoys intended for moorings, &c. may be of shape or colour according to the discretion of the Authority within whose jurisdiction they are laid, but for marking Submarine Telegraph cables the colour shall be green, with the word "Telegraph" painted thereon in white letters.
Page 535 - ... colour according to the discretion of the authority within whose jurisdiction they are laid ; but for marking Submarine Telegraph cables the colour shall be green, with the word " Telegraph " painted thereon in white letters.
Page 536 - When a wreck-marking vessel is used, she shall carry a crossyard on a mast with two balls by day placed horizontally, not less than 6 nor more than 12 feet apart, and two lights by night similarly placed. When a barge or open boat only is used, a flag or ball may be shown in the daytime.