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... ship- modelling at Borrowstounness , and completed his knowledge of mechanics with an engineer at Bell's Hill . Repairing to London , he was employed by the celebrated Mr Rennie . About 1790 he returned to Glasgow , and in 1808 removed ...
... ship- modelling at Borrowstounness , and completed his knowledge of mechanics with an engineer at Bell's Hill . Repairing to London , he was employed by the celebrated Mr Rennie . About 1790 he returned to Glasgow , and in 1808 removed ...
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... ships of the Royal Navy , mentions one or two phrases illustrative of this mode of time - reckoning . While the sailors are ... ship's bell is usually hung to the beam of the forecastle , but occasionally to a beam near the mizzen - mast ...
... ships of the Royal Navy , mentions one or two phrases illustrative of this mode of time - reckoning . While the sailors are ... ship's bell is usually hung to the beam of the forecastle , but occasionally to a beam near the mizzen - mast ...
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... ships , the bell is struck to denote that the ship is on a starboard - tack ; leaving the larboard - tack to be denoted by the beat of a drum . See WATCH ON SHIPBOARD . BELLU'NO ( the ancient Bellunum ) , a city of Venetia , Northern ...
... ships , the bell is struck to denote that the ship is on a starboard - tack ; leaving the larboard - tack to be denoted by the beat of a drum . See WATCH ON SHIPBOARD . BELLU'NO ( the ancient Bellunum ) , a city of Venetia , Northern ...
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... ship , the mighty one beside the mast ; there was much of treasures , of ornaments , brought from afar . Never heard I of a comelier ship having been adorned with battle - weapons and with war - weeds , with bills and mailed coats ...
... ship , the mighty one beside the mast ; there was much of treasures , of ornaments , brought from afar . Never heard I of a comelier ship having been adorned with battle - weapons and with war - weeds , with bills and mailed coats ...
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... ship's B. is the space which she occupies when at anchor , includ- ing a small breadth of sea all around her . The same name is also given to a messing or sleeping room on board ship , in a sense not very different from that of the word ...
... ship's B. is the space which she occupies when at anchor , includ- ing a small breadth of sea all around her . The same name is also given to a messing or sleeping room on board ship , in a sense not very different from that of the word ...
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Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for ..., Volume 2 Affichage du livre entier - 1886 |
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