Hand-book to the Local marine board examination [by J. Taylor].1853 |
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... less than the number of digits in the integral part , and when the number is less than unity , the index is properly negative , but the arithmetical complement of it is sometimes used . Examples , No. 3129 312.9 31.29 3.129 ⚫3129 ...
... less than the number of digits in the integral part , and when the number is less than unity , the index is properly negative , but the arithmetical complement of it is sometimes used . Examples , No. 3129 312.9 31.29 3.129 ⚫3129 ...
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... less amount of deviation from the magnetic meridian is the result . This derangement of the compass , some 30 years ago scarcely noticed , must have been the source of numberless accidents to vessels , often accompanied by a great ...
... less amount of deviation from the magnetic meridian is the result . This derangement of the compass , some 30 years ago scarcely noticed , must have been the source of numberless accidents to vessels , often accompanied by a great ...
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... less of the two . MERCATOR'S CHART . Mercator's Chart which has been compared to a cylinder unrolled , is a convenient and ingenious method of repre- senting the surface of the globe as if it were a plane . The lines drawn from the top ...
... less of the two . MERCATOR'S CHART . Mercator's Chart which has been compared to a cylinder unrolled , is a convenient and ingenious method of repre- senting the surface of the globe as if it were a plane . The lines drawn from the top ...
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... less than conniving at fraud ; fine Goods are also often damaged in the ship's hold by lumpers , if permitted to use cotton hooks in handling bales . All goods must be received on board according to the custom of the port where the ...
... less than conniving at fraud ; fine Goods are also often damaged in the ship's hold by lumpers , if permitted to use cotton hooks in handling bales . All goods must be received on board according to the custom of the port where the ...
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... less than 10 inches , and in the bilge 14 inches dunnage ; the pumps and masts cased , to have strong bulk- heads , good shifting boards , with feeders and ventilators , and to have no admixture of other goods Flat - floored , wall ...
... less than 10 inches , and in the bilge 14 inches dunnage ; the pumps and masts cased , to have strong bulk- heads , good shifting boards , with feeders and ventilators , and to have no admixture of other goods Flat - floored , wall ...
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3rd cor A.M. at ship apparent course artificial horizon assumed latitude axis line azimuth barometer bearing bill of lading boilers bottomry Cape cargo centre Certificate charter-party Chief Mate chronometer Circle Sailing compass course and distance cross sea cyclone damage dead reckoning Diff Divide double altitude dunnage elapsed engines equator examination eye 18 feet eye 21 feet feet required foggy weather freight is due gong is sounded Greenwich hauling horizon hurricane index error Light Vessel logarithms lunar M. T. at Gr margin Marine Board minutes northern hemisphere observed altitude observed meridian altitude P.M. mean P.M. tides parallel sailing place 2h port semi-circle recurving required the latitude required the true required the variation Second Mate set and drift sextant ship by dead ship's slow on M. T. Steam storm stowed sun's lower limb true dist true latitude true longitude tude valves voyage West
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Página 60 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Página 25 - Astronomers, with a view of obtaining a convenient and uniform measure of time, have recourse to a mean solar day, the length of which is equal to the mean or average of all the apparent solar days in a year. An imaginary Sun, called the mean Sun...
Página 40 - ... a bright white light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 20 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light 10 points on each side of the vessel...
Página 12 - If the applicant passes, he will receive a document from the examiner, which will entitle him to receive his certificate of competency from the shipping master at the port to which he has directed it to be forwarded.
Página 44 - Bundles of sheet iron, rods, pigs of copper or iron, or any rough hard substance, should not be allowed to come in contact with bales or bags, or any soft packages liable to be chafed. When mats can be procured, they should be used at the sides for silk, tea, &c 11 — Tar, Turpentine, Rosin, &c.
Página 40 - On the starboard side, a green light so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass ; so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam...
Página 13 - Mates are made compulsory, the qualifications have been kept as low as possible; but it must be distinctly understood that it is the intention of the Board of Trade to raise the standard from time to time, whenever, as will no doubt be the case, the general attainments of officers in the Merchant Service shall render it possible to do so without inconvenience ; and Officers are strongly urged to employ their leisure hours, when in port, in the acquirement of the knowledge necessary to enable them...
Página 41 - On the port side a red light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least 2 miles.
Página 11 - He must be able to observe, and calculate the amplitude of the sun, and deduce the variation of the compass therefrom. He must know how to lay off the place of the ship on the chart, both by bearings of known objects, and by latitude and longitude. He must be able to...
Página 36 - ... to set the axis of the telescope parallel to the plane of the instrument...