The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volume 17Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1848 - Naval art and science |
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... weather to the traveller , but it has sealed the fate of empires ! and " time enough " is a " shocking bad " counsellor . What has neglect not done ? It lost to Portugal the " New World . " — And to Spain , the celebrity of establishing ...
... weather to the traveller , but it has sealed the fate of empires ! and " time enough " is a " shocking bad " counsellor . What has neglect not done ? It lost to Portugal the " New World . " — And to Spain , the celebrity of establishing ...
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... weather , it would be only requisite to let the water into the cylinder , to counterbalance the external pressure of the waves , and which could be easily removed when the storm had abated . This plan of effecting a firm foundation for ...
... weather , it would be only requisite to let the water into the cylinder , to counterbalance the external pressure of the waves , and which could be easily removed when the storm had abated . This plan of effecting a firm foundation for ...
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... weather and want of good harbours , rapid tides , shoals , want of lights , buoys , and beacons ( although this last cause is much diminished of late ) , bad charts , unseaworthiness of vessels , being ill - found with anchors and ...
... weather and want of good harbours , rapid tides , shoals , want of lights , buoys , and beacons ( although this last cause is much diminished of late ) , bad charts , unseaworthiness of vessels , being ill - found with anchors and ...
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... weather when they are most needed , and not unfrequently wrecks occur . In the Pentland Firth , it appears that the pilots are commonly paid in part from the stores or cargo of the ship ( which in itself is an infraction of the revenue ...
... weather when they are most needed , and not unfrequently wrecks occur . In the Pentland Firth , it appears that the pilots are commonly paid in part from the stores or cargo of the ship ( which in itself is an infraction of the revenue ...
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... weather , the almost inevitable consequence is , its total destruction in an hour or two . Hun- dreds of lives and tens of thousands of property are lost every year , that would have been saved had the wrecked ship been strong enough to ...
... weather , the almost inevitable consequence is , its total destruction in an hour or two . Hun- dreds of lives and tens of thousands of property are lost every year , that would have been saved had the wrecked ship been strong enough to ...
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Admiralty anchor anchorage appears beach beacons bearing boat brig British buoys Cape Capt Captain cause channel charts Cheribon cliffs coast of Africa Commander course crew danger Devonport direction distance east eastward examination fathoms feet frigate Funchal gale Galita Gulf of Mexico harbour head houses hurricane island land latitude Lieut light lighthouse Liverpool London Machico Majesty's mariners master Maulmain merchant miles Nautical navigation Navy nearly night Ningpo northward observed ocean officers passed Ponta port Portsmouth Rear Admiral reef remarkable river rocks rocky round Royal sail sand seamen seen ship shoal shore side Sir James Ross Skerryvore southward steamer storm stream SW SW tide tion tons 2nd tons as mate tons London trade wind Trinity House Uitenhage vessels Victualling voyage weather westward whilst Woolwich wreck yards
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Page 435 - On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 129 - When I consider the season of the year, the hard gales on the day of action, a flying enemy, the shortness of the day, and the coast they were on, I can boldly affirm that all that could possibly be done has been done.
Page 44 - Majesty's superior Courts of Record ; and no Warrant of Commitment shall be held void by reason of any Defect therein, provided it be therein alleged that the Party has been convicted, and there be a good and valid Conviction to sustain the same.
Page 435 - On the starboard s'ide, a green light, of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles, and so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass...
Page 262 - PRESENT, The QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by an Act, passed in the eleventh year of the reign of Her Majesty, intituled " An Act to make further provision, for one year, " and to the end of the then next session of Par...
Page 55 - Jan. 1 1. [The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, granting the dignity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom unto Alfred Tennyson, Esq., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten...
Page 664 - I had never seen his account, or even heard of his sea-serpent, until my arrival in London. Some other solution must therefore be found for the very remarkable coincidence between us in that particular, in order to unravel the mystery. " Finally, I deny the existence of excitement or the possibility of optical illusion. I adhere to the statements, as to form, colour, and dimensions, contained in my official report to the Admiralty, and I leave them as data whereupon the learned and scientific may...
Page 43 - ... without having the permission of the master or person in charge of such ship, he shall be liable to forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of five pounds.
Page 38 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 44 - ... justice, either be committed to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour, for any term not exceeding six...