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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... Mast - making , Sail - making , Anchor - making , Block - making , Rope - making , Rigging , & c . have been ... Masts when wounded ; and of making and repairing large Yards when sprung ; Mortars with their Beds , Shells and Shot ...
... Mast - making , Sail - making , Anchor - making , Block - making , Rope - making , Rigging , & c . have been ... Masts when wounded ; and of making and repairing large Yards when sprung ; Mortars with their Beds , Shells and Shot ...
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... mast , and on the stays between the mizen and main - masts . They are opposed to the head - sails , which include all those that are spread on the fore - mast and bowsprit , and both , by their mutual operation on the opposite ends of ...
... mast , and on the stays between the mizen and main - masts . They are opposed to the head - sails , which include all those that are spread on the fore - mast and bowsprit , and both , by their mutual operation on the opposite ends of ...
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... mast or boom , when in a perpendicular situation to the plane of the deck , tops , & c . The top - masts are also said to be an end when they are hoisted up to their usual station at the head of the lower masts . D ANGLE ( angulus , Lat ...
... mast or boom , when in a perpendicular situation to the plane of the deck , tops , & c . The top - masts are also said to be an end when they are hoisted up to their usual station at the head of the lower masts . D ANGLE ( angulus , Lat ...
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... masts , when strained by a weight of sail in a fresh wind . They are usually distinguished into breast - back- stays ... masts , in large ships , which are fixed in the same manner with those of the top - masts . A pair of back - stays ...
... masts , when strained by a weight of sail in a fresh wind . They are usually distinguished into breast - back- stays ... masts , in large ships , which are fixed in the same manner with those of the top - masts . A pair of back - stays ...
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... masts , and give the ship a proper stability , that she may be enabled to carry sail without danger of upsetting . There is often great difference in the proportion of ballast required to prepare ships of equal burden for a voyage ; the ...
... masts , and give the ship a proper stability , that she may be enabled to carry sail without danger of upsetting . There is often great difference in the proportion of ballast required to prepare ships of equal burden for a voyage ; the ...
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