The Nautical Magazine: A Technical and Critical Journal for the Officers of the Mercantile MarineJames Brown & Son, 1851 |
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Page 53
... Cape de Verd Islands , and the Cape of Good Hope , as the point from which a monthly departure will take place to these ports ; and in due time we have every reason to believe the communication will be extended to the Mauritius , Ceylon ...
... Cape de Verd Islands , and the Cape of Good Hope , as the point from which a monthly departure will take place to these ports ; and in due time we have every reason to believe the communication will be extended to the Mauritius , Ceylon ...
Page 108
... Cape Lisburne , Capt . Collinson was much surprised to find that the Investigator , Capt . Maclure , had passed Cape Lisburne before him , and had been seen by the Plover off the Seahorse Islands , to the westward of Point Barrow , on ...
... Cape Lisburne , Capt . Collinson was much surprised to find that the Investigator , Capt . Maclure , had passed Cape Lisburne before him , and had been seen by the Plover off the Seahorse Islands , to the westward of Point Barrow , on ...
Page 109
... Cape Bird , the point whence Sir James Ross was compelled to return to his ships , after performing by far the longest and most fatiguing journey , that has hitherto been attempted on foot in the Polar Regions . It is much to be ...
... Cape Bird , the point whence Sir James Ross was compelled to return to his ships , after performing by far the longest and most fatiguing journey , that has hitherto been attempted on foot in the Polar Regions . It is much to be ...
Page 153
... Cape Possidium to Cape Khazar , a distance of about twenty - two miles . The head of the bay is formed by the small bay of Karrobojak , the mouth of the Orontes and the old port of Sileucia , a distance of quite eight miles , each of ...
... Cape Possidium to Cape Khazar , a distance of about twenty - two miles . The head of the bay is formed by the small bay of Karrobojak , the mouth of the Orontes and the old port of Sileucia , a distance of quite eight miles , each of ...
Page 158
... Cape Latour , which forms the east side of Barrington Harbour , about midway between Cape Sable and Cape Negro , is now in operation . It exhibits a bright flash light of 15 seconds ' As this light will be duration , with alternate ...
... Cape Latour , which forms the east side of Barrington Harbour , about midway between Cape Sable and Cape Negro , is now in operation . It exhibits a bright flash light of 15 seconds ' As this light will be duration , with alternate ...
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Page 504 - Of others' sight familiar were to hers. And this the world calls frenzy; but the wise Have a far deeper madness, and the glance Of melancholy is a fearful gift; What is it but the telescope of truth? Which strips the distance of its fantasies, And brings life near in utter nakedness, Making the cold reality too real!
Page 59 - I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Page 640 - SIR: I am commanded by my lords commissioners of the admiralty to transmit herewith, for the information of...
Page 629 - For the purpose of giving jurisdiction under this act, every offence shall be deemed to have been committed, and every cause of complaint to have arisen, either in the place in which the same actually was committed or arose, or in any place in which the offender or person complained against may be.
Page 575 - ... unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Page 456 - ... it is rather to be considered as a magnificent military sketch, than a very accurate map of a country...
Page 575 - ... uniform and 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 ship, viz., from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side...
Page 624 - If such boats and life buoys are not kept so as to be at all times fit and ready for use ; " Then if the owner appears to be in fault he shall...
Page 621 - ... in any such carriage beyond such distance without previously paying the additional fare for the additional distance, and with intent to avoid payment thereof, or if any person knowingly and wilfully...
Page 626 - Whether the provisions of this Act, or any regulations made under or by virtue of this Act, have been complied with : (3.) Whether the hull and machinery of any steam-ship are sufficient and in good condition.