The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volumen 35Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1866 |
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... distance than is now possible . " From the means of the sights taken on board the ship and on shore , the position , as follows , inay be relied on : -Centre of southern sand island , lat . 3 ° 51 ′ 25 ′′ S. , long . 33 ° 46 ′ 23 ′′ W ...
... distance than is now possible . " From the means of the sights taken on board the ship and on shore , the position , as follows , inay be relied on : -Centre of southern sand island , lat . 3 ° 51 ′ 25 ′′ S. , long . 33 ° 46 ′ 23 ′′ W ...
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... distance given in the report , sixty - five miles . Now had the Duncan Dunbar really intended to go West of the Rocas why did she not run for the sake of making sure ( as she was only twenty miles from them by her calculation at 6h ...
... distance given in the report , sixty - five miles . Now had the Duncan Dunbar really intended to go West of the Rocas why did she not run for the sake of making sure ( as she was only twenty miles from them by her calculation at 6h ...
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... distance , exactly agreeing as it does with the chart . There were circumstances enough to throw doubt on the propriety of keeping on her course even in an uncertain current always westerly but somewhat fluctuat- ing in strength ...
... distance , exactly agreeing as it does with the chart . There were circumstances enough to throw doubt on the propriety of keeping on her course even in an uncertain current always westerly but somewhat fluctuat- ing in strength ...
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... distance from the demand is increased . Again , in about 13 ° N. lat . , where the S. W. monsoon commences , it is always much more from the west than it is further southward , where the wind draws to the south , and very generally ...
... distance from the demand is increased . Again , in about 13 ° N. lat . , where the S. W. monsoon commences , it is always much more from the west than it is further southward , where the wind draws to the south , and very generally ...
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... distance from a ship lying becalmed are qualifications now actually required by traders to Chinese waters , and should have the immediate attention of merchants and ship owners . We had just concluded the foregoing when the following ...
... distance from a ship lying becalmed are qualifications now actually required by traders to Chinese waters , and should have the immediate attention of merchants and ship owners . We had just concluded the foregoing when the following ...
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Admiral Admiralty Agrigan Alamagan anchor anchorage appears barque batten battery bearing boat breakwater brig British Brixham buoy cable called Cape Captain Caroline islanders channel chart China coast command compass course crew danger deck distance ditto Duncan Dunbar East engine English fact fathoms feet fire French gale Garapan Gordon governor Guguan guns harbour inches institution iron ship island Isle Jamaica Japanese land lifeboat light lighthouse lightvessel London magnetic Marianas marine masts miles Morant Bay Nautical navigation navy negroes night North Norway oars observed officers passed passengers port position present reef river Rocas rock royal navy sail sailors saved Saypan Schooner seamen seen shoal shore side South southward steam steamer storm strait Sunharon Taeping Tinian Torbay town Trade turret turret ships vessel voyage weather West wind wreck XXXV Yedo Yokohama
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Página 409 - The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals ; The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pnde, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Página 409 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin, his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Página 409 - His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction, thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And sendst him, shivering in thy playful spray, And howling to his gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth; there let him lay.
Página 527 - A new Prometheus, chained upon the rock, Still grasping in his hand the fire of Jove, It does not hear the cry, nor heed the shock, But hails the mariner with words of love.
Página 409 - The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him...
Página 653 - If this number be again sub-divided, it cannot fail to be observed that more than half of it is represented by the unseaworthy, over-laden, or ill-found vessels of the collier class, chiefly employed in the coasting-trade.
Página 478 - Her Majesty has great satisfaction in congratulating the country, and the world at large, on the successful accomplishment of the great design of connecting Europe and America by the means of an electric telegraph. It is hardly possible to anticipate the full extent of the benefits which may be conferred on the human race by this signal triumph of scientific enterprise ; and Her Majesty has pleasure in expressing her deep sense of what is due to the private energy which, in spite of repeated failure...
Página 14 - Espent, who sent up my private letter to him. And now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with us all. Your truly devoted and now nearly dying hnshand, GW Gordon.
Página 654 - NW Coast of Scotland, 46; Irish Coast, 146; Isle of Man, 15; Lundy Island, 3; Scilly Isles, 5. As regards the loss of life, the returns show that the number lost from shipwreck on or near the coast of the United Kingdom, in 1865, was 698. These lives were lost in 164 ships; 124 of them were laden vessels...
Página 478 - The Queen congratulates the President on the successful completion of an undertaking which she hopes may serve as an additional bond of union between the United States and England.