The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 19. köideBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1850 |
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... Cape Liverpool we had nothing but light baffling winds , which were succeeded on the 2nd of September with a fine easterly wind , rattling us past the south shore at a famous rate , but when in sight of Cape York , the eastern headland ...
... Cape Liverpool we had nothing but light baffling winds , which were succeeded on the 2nd of September with a fine easterly wind , rattling us past the south shore at a famous rate , but when in sight of Cape York , the eastern headland ...
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... CAPE . AFTER several days of fine weather , with a fair wind , we approached the dreaded coast of Africa , from the Mauritius , with sanguine hopes of a speedy deliverance from its dangers , more particularly as we were about to pass it ...
... CAPE . AFTER several days of fine weather , with a fair wind , we approached the dreaded coast of Africa , from the Mauritius , with sanguine hopes of a speedy deliverance from its dangers , more particularly as we were about to pass it ...
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... Cape of Storms . But this was to no purpose , scepticism gave place to the nervous conviction that we were rapidly running towards terra firma ! every point , every peak , every hummock of the land kept its position , a fleecy cloud ...
... Cape of Storms . But this was to no purpose , scepticism gave place to the nervous conviction that we were rapidly running towards terra firma ! every point , every peak , every hummock of the land kept its position , a fleecy cloud ...
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... Cape therefore , under such circumstances , it would in my opinion be highly advantageous for homeward - bound vessels , both in winter and summer , on an approaching gale from N.W. , W. , or S.W. to stand in for the bank , making short ...
... Cape therefore , under such circumstances , it would in my opinion be highly advantageous for homeward - bound vessels , both in winter and summer , on an approaching gale from N.W. , W. , or S.W. to stand in for the bank , making short ...
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... Cape brought back by Lunar rates . 22 11:57 66 5.5s - 1 ' long , nearly The error by the mean of E. & W. Lunars is less than the Calcutta error brought on by Lunar rates by Do. is more than the Calcutta error brought on by a rate found ...
... Cape brought back by Lunar rates . 22 11:57 66 5.5s - 1 ' long , nearly The error by the mean of E. & W. Lunars is less than the Calcutta error brought on by Lunar rates by Do. is more than the Calcutta error brought on by a rate found ...
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Page 566 - Acts before a court of summary jurisdiction. The term "Summary Jurisdiction Acts" means as follows : As to England, 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...
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Page 507 - Trade shall deliver to every applicant who is duly reported by the local examiners to have passed the examination satisfactorily, and to have given satisfactory evidence of his sobriety, experience, ability, and general good conduct on board ship, a certificate (hereinafter called a "Certificate of Competency...