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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... taken place since his time in our naval Service . Should it therefore be thought that he has been at all successful , he shall most gratefully attribute it to the solid foundation on which this compilation has been built . Although the ...
... taken place since his time in our naval Service . Should it therefore be thought that he has been at all successful , he shall most gratefully attribute it to the solid foundation on which this compilation has been built . Although the ...
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... Taken ABACK , the sails are said to be taken aback when they are brought into the above situation , either by a sudden change of wind , or by an alteration in the ship's course purposely intended , or through the care- lessness of the ...
... Taken ABACK , the sails are said to be taken aback when they are brought into the above situation , either by a sudden change of wind , or by an alteration in the ship's course purposely intended , or through the care- lessness of the ...
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... taken by officers , civil and military , when admitted into office ; and it expressly renounces and abjures any claim of the descendants of the late Pretender to the throne of these kingdoms . This oath is required to be taken by all ...
... taken by officers , civil and military , when admitted into office ; and it expressly renounces and abjures any claim of the descendants of the late Pretender to the throne of these kingdoms . This oath is required to be taken by all ...
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... taken in with the others ; the mizen will bring her head to wind , she will get sternway , and the anchor may be let go , veering away the proper scope of cable . When a vessel comes to an anchor , ( particularly in a tideway ) it is ...
... taken in with the others ; the mizen will bring her head to wind , she will get sternway , and the anchor may be let go , veering away the proper scope of cable . When a vessel comes to an anchor , ( particularly in a tideway ) it is ...
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... taken without any sensible error , as far as the square body goes . For , as one line represents the moulding - side of two timbers , the fore - side of the one being supposed to unite with the aft - side of the other , the two may be ...
... taken without any sensible error , as far as the square body goes . For , as one line represents the moulding - side of two timbers , the fore - side of the one being supposed to unite with the aft - side of the other , the two may be ...
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