The Nautical Magazine: A Technical and Critical Journal for the Officers of the Mercantile MarineJames Brown & Son, 1851 |
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... wind in both seasons . Wood is plentiful , and good water can be procured from a small river called Ewig , emptying ... winds . The flood sets along the coast to the southward , and the ebb to the north- ward . The maximum velocity ...
... wind in both seasons . Wood is plentiful , and good water can be procured from a small river called Ewig , emptying ... winds . The flood sets along the coast to the southward , and the ebb to the north- ward . The maximum velocity ...
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... wind within some delicate cloud That fades amid the blue moon's burning sky , * Genius and youth contended ... winds ! That is indeed a fancy which we may trace to selfish avarice or foolish ambition . There is no mystery in this pursuit ...
... wind within some delicate cloud That fades amid the blue moon's burning sky , * Genius and youth contended ... winds ! That is indeed a fancy which we may trace to selfish avarice or foolish ambition . There is no mystery in this pursuit ...
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... winds , however , this mark would be useless in coming out , as a ship would not lay out , and as we can give no safe directions for the other channel , the anchorage ... wind which baffles about in all directions 11 [ JAN . ENGLISH HARBOUR-
... winds , however , this mark would be useless in coming out , as a ship would not lay out , and as we can give no safe directions for the other channel , the anchorage ... wind which baffles about in all directions 11 [ JAN . ENGLISH HARBOUR-
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... wind which baffles about in all directions , immediately after you come under the heights , no stranger can attempt to follow our directions without the assistance of a pilot . Should the wind be at north - east or even E.N.E. you will ...
... wind which baffles about in all directions , immediately after you come under the heights , no stranger can attempt to follow our directions without the assistance of a pilot . Should the wind be at north - east or even E.N.E. you will ...
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... wind , flame or light- ning . There is nothing which the mind may not feel to be miraculous and spiritual when it considers it in relation to itself or to the idea of inert matter . The idea of void space must also be amongst the normal ...
... wind , flame or light- ning . There is nothing which the mind may not feel to be miraculous and spiritual when it considers it in relation to itself or to the idea of inert matter . The idea of void space must also be amongst the normal ...
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Admiralty American anchor anchorage appears arrived Baffin Bay barometer Barrow Strait beach Beechey Island boat brig British Cape Cape Charles Cape Walker Capt Captain Penny chart chronometers coast coloured command course crew Curlew direction distance east eastward England entrance expedition fathoms feet gale harbour Horsburgh Island Jones Sound Lancaster Sound land latitude Lieut light lighthouse longitude Lord Majesty's Marine master mate merchant miles nature Nautical navigation night north-west northward observed officers party passage passed passengers Patent Preserved Potato pirates port proceeding provisions river rock round sail Sailors schooner seamen seen ship shoal shore side Sir James Ross Sir John Franklin Smyrna Sound south-west southward steam steamer Strait supercargo survey SW SW tide tion tons trade vessel voyage weather Wellington Channel westward whale wind wreck
Popular passages
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.