Modern SeamanshipD. Van Nostrand Company, 1910 - 540 páginas |
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Página iii
... fitting and handling of vessels under sail , have preserved through later editions the general characteristics which they naturally assumed in the beginning . These treatises will never be out of date until the time , still far in the ...
... fitting and handling of vessels under sail , have preserved through later editions the general characteristics which they naturally assumed in the beginning . These treatises will never be out of date until the time , still far in the ...
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... fitted for carrying steadying sails . The use of the older forms of military masts is gradually dis- appearing in the newest designs , though the existing types of various navies generally include them as above stated ; and the latest ...
... fitted for carrying steadying sails . The use of the older forms of military masts is gradually dis- appearing in the newest designs , though the existing types of various navies generally include them as above stated ; and the latest ...
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... fitted ; and on composite and sheathed ships the keel plates carry wooden keels and false keels . At its forward end the keel is continued by the stem , which is of great strength , and at its after end by the stern - post , also very ...
... fitted ; and on composite and sheathed ships the keel plates carry wooden keels and false keels . At its forward end the keel is continued by the stem , which is of great strength , and at its after end by the stern - post , also very ...
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... fitted on large ships ; this extends to the armor shelf on battleships and monitors , and to the shelf plates on ... fitted for like reasons . Sheathed ships are fitted with outside plating to which is fast- ened outside wood planking ...
... fitted on large ships ; this extends to the armor shelf on battleships and monitors , and to the shelf plates on ... fitted for like reasons . Sheathed ships are fitted with outside plating to which is fast- ened outside wood planking ...
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... fitted , as shown on Plate 6 . It frequently occurs that the run of the ship is so fine that it is necessary to fit a secondary cross - head placed further forward , in order to provide space for the steering gear and its connections ...
... fitted , as shown on Plate 6 . It frequently occurs that the run of the ship is so fine that it is necessary to fit a secondary cross - head placed further forward , in order to provide space for the steering gear and its connections ...
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Página 273 - Art. 17. When two sailing vessels are approaching one another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other...
Página 266 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on...
Página 271 - A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length when at anchor shall carry forward, where it can best be. seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light, in a lantern so constructed as to show a- clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around1 the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Página 282 - War in pursuance of the provisions of the said section eleven, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person), not exceeding one year, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court.
Página 259 - ... other; in other words, to cases in which by day each vessel sees the masts of the other in a line or nearly in...
Página 262 - Every vessel coming up with another vessel from any direction more than two points abaft her beam, that is, in such a position, with reference to the vessel which she is overtaking that at night she would be unable to see either of that vessel's side-lights, shall be deemed .to be an overtaking vessel...
Página 265 - When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore, the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, viz. : — ' In the daytime — 1. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. 2. The International Code signal of distress indicated by NC 3.
Página 276 - Where by any of these rules one of two vessels is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed.
Página 247 - Sailing vessels and boats of less than 20 tons gross tonnage shall not be obliged to give the above-mentioned signals; but if they do not, they shall make some other efficient sound signal at intervals of not more than one minute.
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