The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 44. köideBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1875 |
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... direct the attention abroad to the superior quality for ships ' masts of the kauri pine , and cargoes of valu- able spars are from time to time shipped from the northern ports of New Zealand . Certainly , the most serviceable and noble ...
... direct the attention abroad to the superior quality for ships ' masts of the kauri pine , and cargoes of valu- able spars are from time to time shipped from the northern ports of New Zealand . Certainly , the most serviceable and noble ...
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... direct cause of her loss . The unmanageableness of the vessel through stress of weather in narrow waters , the leeway made being unknown and of unprecedented amount through the omission of a specified false keel , was the proximate ...
... direct cause of her loss . The unmanageableness of the vessel through stress of weather in narrow waters , the leeway made being unknown and of unprecedented amount through the omission of a specified false keel , was the proximate ...
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... direct proportion with the time from the commencement of the roll up to the instant when the vessel is upright . If each of the wheels were one foot in radius , and if the velocity of the gyroscope were only 50 feet per second up to one ...
... direct proportion with the time from the commencement of the roll up to the instant when the vessel is upright . If each of the wheels were one foot in radius , and if the velocity of the gyroscope were only 50 feet per second up to one ...
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... direct weights . The following is table of results : - : - Load on Valve . Pressure rose to . Increase per Cent . Lift of Valve . W. Lbs . 5 lbs . 13 lbs . 160 . • 325 3.39 10 19 90 . 255 3.223 " " 29 15 25 66 . • 18 2.68 99 99 20 30 50 ...
... direct weights . The following is table of results : - : - Load on Valve . Pressure rose to . Increase per Cent . Lift of Valve . W. Lbs . 5 lbs . 13 lbs . 160 . • 325 3.39 10 19 90 . 255 3.223 " " 29 15 25 66 . • 18 2.68 99 99 20 30 50 ...
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... direct weight , do not allow all the steam to escape which can be raised in the boiler until the pressure has increased above that at which the valve opens , and an additional increase of pressure will take place when the valves are ...
... direct weight , do not allow all the steam to escape which can be raised in the boiler until the pressure has increased above that at which the valve opens , and an additional increase of pressure will take place when the valves are ...
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Page 245 - In narrow channels every steam vessel shall, when it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side of such vessel.
Page 697 - Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry ; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Page 338 - A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. 2. The International Code signal of distress indicated by NC 3. The distant signal, consisting of a square flag, having either above or below it a ball or anything resembling a ball. 4.
Page 423 - Her crew were hired, as appears from the articles signed by them, for a voyage from Liverpool to Palermo, and thence, if required, to a port or ports in the Mediterranean Sea or the West Indies, and back to a final port of discharge in the United Kingdom, the, term not to exceed six months.
Page 715 - In every contract of service, express or implied, between the owner of a ship and the master or any seaman thereof, and in every instrument of apprenticeship whereby any person is bound to serve as an apprentice on board any ship, there shall be implied, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, an obligation on the owner of the ship, that the owner of the ship, and the master, and every agent charged with the loading of the ship, or the preparing thereof for sea, or the sending thereof to sea,...
Page 189 - ... or tending immediately to endanger the life or limb of any person belonging to or on board of such ship, or who by wilful breach of duty, or by neglect of duty, or by reason of drunkenness, refuses or omits to do any lawful act proper and requisite to be done by him for preserving such ship from immediate loss, destruction, or serious damage, or for preserving any person belonging to or on board of such ship from immediate danger to life or limb, shall for every such offence be deemed guilty...
Page 185 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled, " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary convictions and orders," inclusive of any Acts amending the same.
Page 344 - ... on the one side and a red glass on the other side ; and on the approach of or to other vessels, such lantern shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side.
Page 193 - Act shall prevent any person from being indicted or liable under any other Act or otherwise to any other or higher penalty or punishment than is provided for any offence by this Act, so that no person be punished twice for the same offence.
Page 903 - For any act of smuggling of which he is convicted, and whereby loss or damage is occasioned to the master or owner, he shall be liable to pay...