A New and Universal Dictionary of the Marine: Being, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Usually Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Machinery, Movements, and Military, as Well as Naval Operations of Ships: with Such Parts of Astronomy, and Navigation, as Will be Found Useful to Practical NavigatorsT. Cadell, 1830 - 794 pages |
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... four parts , the ring , the shank , the arms , and the stock . The ring , to which the cable is attached , is fixed on one extremity of the shank , and the arms on the other extremity . These arms consist of palms or flooks , and the ...
... four parts , the ring , the shank , the arms , and the stock . The ring , to which the cable is attached , is fixed on one extremity of the shank , and the arms on the other extremity . These arms consist of palms or flooks , and the ...
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... four points from west , its absolute direction . When a ship , therefore , intends to anchor , and stems the tide ... four at the edge . The two parts of the stock might be bolted with four bolts and forelocks ; and with this sharp form ...
... four points from west , its absolute direction . When a ship , therefore , intends to anchor , and stems the tide ... four at the edge . The two parts of the stock might be bolted with four bolts and forelocks ; and with this sharp form ...
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... four principal rules or operations of Addition , Subtraction , Mul- tiplication , and Division ; to which may , perhaps , be added Involution and Evolution , or raising of powers , and extraction of roots , together with the doctrine of ...
... four principal rules or operations of Addition , Subtraction , Mul- tiplication , and Division ; to which may , perhaps , be added Involution and Evolution , or raising of powers , and extraction of roots , together with the doctrine of ...
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... four or five feet in diameter , and is hung between two uprights , fixed by tenons , on a truck , and sup- ported by a knee of wood . Over its top is a semi- circular frame , called the head , to contain three whirls ( that run on the ...
... four or five feet in diameter , and is hung between two uprights , fixed by tenons , on a truck , and sup- ported by a knee of wood . Over its top is a semi- circular frame , called the head , to contain three whirls ( that run on the ...
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... four days before , and six days after , the summer solstice , the barometer regularly rises from about nine P.M. to about six A.M. then falls till the return of the former hour in the evening , then rises again as before , & c . in ...
... four days before , and six days after , the summer solstice , the barometer regularly rises from about nine P.M. to about six A.M. then falls till the return of the former hour in the evening , then rises again as before , & c . in ...
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