The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volumen4Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1835 |
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... dangers . With equal propriety might he allege , that , had it not been for that system , the elements would have been stripped of all their terrors ; the billow would have been a gentle ripple - the hurricane , a breeze ! Another ...
... dangers . With equal propriety might he allege , that , had it not been for that system , the elements would have been stripped of all their terrors ; the billow would have been a gentle ripple - the hurricane , a breeze ! Another ...
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... danger of eighteen vessels , and those of the strongest build , being lost out of a fleet of eighty Davis ' Straits ' men , owing to a heavy and perfectly unforeseen pressure of the ice , as was the case in 1830 ; and as long as ...
... danger of eighteen vessels , and those of the strongest build , being lost out of a fleet of eighty Davis ' Straits ' men , owing to a heavy and perfectly unforeseen pressure of the ice , as was the case in 1830 ; and as long as ...
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... danger of sinking . We pitied the man for venturing to lecture on a subject of which he appeared to be so ignorant , and whose rigmarole composition , crude notions , and undigested conceptions of elec- tricity , excited the mirth and ...
... danger of sinking . We pitied the man for venturing to lecture on a subject of which he appeared to be so ignorant , and whose rigmarole composition , crude notions , and undigested conceptions of elec- tricity , excited the mirth and ...
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... danger , and was repair- ing her damages , to proceed on to Malta . Hants Tel . ROMNEY - Master Com . James Wood , 6th Nov. left Malta with the 94th regt . for Cork . LIGHTNING - Mr . T. Allen , Woolwich . MEDEA , 6 - Com . H. T. Austen ...
... danger , and was repair- ing her damages , to proceed on to Malta . Hants Tel . ROMNEY - Master Com . James Wood , 6th Nov. left Malta with the 94th regt . for Cork . LIGHTNING - Mr . T. Allen , Woolwich . MEDEA , 6 - Com . H. T. Austen ...
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... dangerous reefs surrounding the island , extending out on the north - west and south sides to five and six miles ... danger . Any description of this anchorage I conceive unnecessary , as no vessel of any size can approach the island ...
... dangerous reefs surrounding the island , extending out on the north - west and south sides to five and six miles ... danger . Any description of this anchorage I conceive unnecessary , as no vessel of any size can approach the island ...
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Página 386 - WIND 0 Calm. 1 Light Air 2 Light Breeze 3 Gentle Breeze 4 Moderate Breeze 5 Fresh Breeze 6 Strong Breeze — 7 Moderate Gale 8 Fresh Gale 9 Strong Gale 10 Whole Gale...
Página 428 - Tis sweet to see the evening star appear; 'Tis sweet to listen as the night-winds creep From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky.
Página 748 - ... give the number of tons for register. If the vessel have a poop or half-deck, or a break in the upper deck, measure the inside mean length, breadth, and height of such part thereof as may be included within the bulkhead; multiply these three measurements together, and, dividing the product by 92.4, the quotient will be the number of tons to be added to the result as above found.
Página 101 - The southern wind now ceases, and is followed by variable winds from the northward. Heavy clouds are thus brought over; and lightning, accompanied by thunder, follows in a most terrific manner. The wind veers gradually to the westward in violent gusts, the lightning becomes more vivid, and the thunder more awful; a gale of wind follows from the SW more violent, but of short duration, and fine weather ensues.
Página 258 - Drizzling rain. f — foggy — f, Thick fog. g — Gloomy dark weather. h— Hail. 1 — Lightning. m — Misty hazy atmosphere. o — Overcast ; the whole sky being covered with an impervious cloud. p — Passing temporary showers. q — Squally. r — Rain ; continued rain. s — Snow. t— Thunder. u — Ugly threatening appearance of the weather.
Página 460 - TO this great ship, which round the globe has run, And match'd in race the chariot of the sun, This Pythagorean ship (for it may claim Without presumption so deserv'da name, By knowledge once, and transformation now) In her new shape, this sacred port allow. Drake and his ship could not have wish'd from Fate A more blest station, or more blest estate ; For, lo ! a seat of endless rest is given To her in Oxford, and to him in heaven.
Página 714 - ... and is caught in the net. I have been told by fome of thefe hunters, that, when hard pinched with hunger on fuch long chaces, they take two thin boards, one of which they apply to the pit of the ftomach, and the other to the back oppofite to it ; the extremities of thefe boards are tied with cords, which are drawn tighter by degrees, and prevent their feeling the cravings of hunger.
Página 514 - No. 0 Calm © 1 Light air \ . 2 Light breeze 3 Gentle breeze 4 Moderate breeze 5 Fresh breeze 6 Strong breeze 7 Moderate gale 8 Fresh gale 9 Strong gale 10 Whole gale 11 Storm 12 Hurricane SCALE Speed Commonly observed effects of mph corresponding winds 0 Calm, smoke rises vertically.
Página 68 - Beaufort : — 0. Calm. 1. Light air . . . 2. Light breeze . . 3. Gentle breeze . 4. Moderate breeze 5. Fresh breeze . . 6. Strong breeze . 7. Moderate gale . 8. Fresh gale. . . 9. Strong gale . . or just sufficient to give steerage way.
Página 534 - Rarifaction made by his greatest Meridian Heat, is with him carried Westward, and consequently the tendency of the whole Body of the lower Air is that way.