The Nautical Magazine: A Technical and Critical Journal for the Officers of the Mercantile MarineJames Brown & Son, 1851 |
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... position of which two ships , named the Sta . Anna and St. Joaquin are said to be accountable . As these banks lie very much in the track of vessels frequenting Hong - Kong and Manila , and no mention of them being made in Horsburgh's ...
... position of which two ships , named the Sta . Anna and St. Joaquin are said to be accountable . As these banks lie very much in the track of vessels frequenting Hong - Kong and Manila , and no mention of them being made in Horsburgh's ...
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... position over the immediate neighbouring land , and are enclosed in a rude kind of stockade . A small portion of the ground is cleared , upon which rice , sweet potatoes , and tobacco is grown , although in quantities more than ...
... position over the immediate neighbouring land , and are enclosed in a rude kind of stockade . A small portion of the ground is cleared , upon which rice , sweet potatoes , and tobacco is grown , although in quantities more than ...
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... position , they are not , as in Palawan , apprehensive of any incursion by the Aborigines . There appeared to be a greater mixture of races here ; and this admixture was traceable in their lan- guage , which is half Spanish and Bysian ...
... position , they are not , as in Palawan , apprehensive of any incursion by the Aborigines . There appeared to be a greater mixture of races here ; and this admixture was traceable in their lan- guage , which is half Spanish and Bysian ...
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... position but that above , ) barometer 29:55 , 5h . P.M. , heavy sea and increasing gale . All precautions had been taken ; stood away north - west , determining to run the ship , in hope that we should keep clear of what now appeared to ...
... position but that above , ) barometer 29:55 , 5h . P.M. , heavy sea and increasing gale . All precautions had been taken ; stood away north - west , determining to run the ship , in hope that we should keep clear of what now appeared to ...
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... position to meet the southern part of the centre , when he had the weather mode- rating a little , and then being carried probably by the storm - wave onwards with , or close to the vortex , he had another day and night's buffetting ...
... position to meet the southern part of the centre , when he had the weather mode- rating a little , and then being carried probably by the storm - wave onwards with , or close to the vortex , he had another day and night's buffetting ...
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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.