The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 20. köideBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1851 |
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... given our young mountaineer suffi- cient matter to occupy his inquisitive mind for some weeks ; but we were again surprised one evening , by a second visit from him . Chateaubriand says that our immortal bard could with either hand have ...
... given our young mountaineer suffi- cient matter to occupy his inquisitive mind for some weeks ; but we were again surprised one evening , by a second visit from him . Chateaubriand says that our immortal bard could with either hand have ...
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... given for its safe navigation . To enter the north- east channel run down about a mile distant from the reef until the Chimney of Lyon's steam mill on the north shore is on with a bush on Delaps Hill ; steer in on that line till the ...
... given for its safe navigation . To enter the north- east channel run down about a mile distant from the reef until the Chimney of Lyon's steam mill on the north shore is on with a bush on Delaps Hill ; steer in on that line till the ...
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... given by the surveying officers are , I think , too vague to be of much use in practice to strangers ; particularly , in giving courses and distances to be made good , when there are no marks available , and the strength and direction ...
... given by the surveying officers are , I think , too vague to be of much use in practice to strangers ; particularly , in giving courses and distances to be made good , when there are no marks available , and the strength and direction ...
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... given to the con- struction of good roads . They would be ministering to luxury , rather than satisfying necessity , as there are so many excellent aquatic roads in exist- ence , which fully answer all purposes of transport , or ...
... given to the con- struction of good roads . They would be ministering to luxury , rather than satisfying necessity , as there are so many excellent aquatic roads in exist- ence , which fully answer all purposes of transport , or ...
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... given to him by the Examiner . The following are the fees to be paid by applicants for examination : — Second Mate First and only Mate , if previously possessing an inferior certificate If not Master , whether Extra or Ordinary £ s . d ...
... given to him by the Examiner . The following are the fees to be paid by applicants for examination : — Second Mate First and only Mate , if previously possessing an inferior certificate If not Master , whether Extra or Ordinary £ s . d ...
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Admiralty anchor anchorage appears arrived bank barometer beach bear boat brig Cape Cape Charles Cape Lopez Capt Captain Trotter channel chart coast Commander consignee crew cruize Curlew danger deck distance east eastward English entrance fathoms feet fish floe Foveaux Strait gale Galway give Gulf of Smyrna half harbour hills Island John labour Labrador land Lieut light lighthouse Liverpool mariners master mate merchant miles morning natives nature Nautical navigation night north-west northward o'clock observed officers passage passed pirates Point Arenas port Recife reef river rock round sail Sailors sand Sandwich Bay schooner seamen seen sent ship shoal shore side Smyrna southward steamers steered Stewart Island Strait supercargo survey SW SW Tabasco tide Tomkinson tons town trade Turkish vessel voyage weather westward whilst wind
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Page 67 - And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive...
Page 68 - Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Page 646 - 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...
Page 514 - Oh! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale?
Page 658 - SIR: I am commanded by my lords commissioners of the admiralty to transmit herewith, for the information of...
Page 597 - Whereas the recognised Rule for sailing vessels is— That those having the wind fair shall give way to those on a wind , That, when both are going by the wind, the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her wind, and the one on the larboard tack bear up, thereby passing each other on the larboard hand...
Page 647 - Seas; and 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 on land where the offender or person complained against may be or be brought.
Page 474 - ... it is rather to be considered as a magnificent military sketch, than a very accurate map of a country...
Page 328 - Majesty, or being navigated wholly in ballast), and for every foreign vessel which by any Act of Parliament, Order in Council, Convention or Treaty, shall be privileged to enter the ports of the United Kingdom, upon paying the same duties of tonnage as are paid by British vessels, the...
Page 645 - Trade" or any other person hereby authorized to enter and inspect any " ship" or other premises in the execution of his duty, whether on board any " ship" or elsewhere, may be seized and detained by such inspector or other person, or by any person or persons whom he may call to his assistance, until such offender can be conveniently taken before some Justice of the Peace...