Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 323William Blackwood, 1978 - England |
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Page 163
... Cowan's watch . " How long are we going to play this by ear ? " I asked . He smiled very sweetly at me . " You tell ... Cowan and the chief engineer in furious argument alongside number three hatch . Cowan , it turned out , had ...
... Cowan's watch . " How long are we going to play this by ear ? " I asked . He smiled very sweetly at me . " You tell ... Cowan and the chief engineer in furious argument alongside number three hatch . Cowan , it turned out , had ...
Page 164
... Cowan , too , had been thinking of tropical storms ; but along lines that radio officer Ashurst could not have comprehended . He had loaded the 9,000 tons of bagged sugar so as to give the Chalna a metacentric height of only sixteen ...
... Cowan , too , had been thinking of tropical storms ; but along lines that radio officer Ashurst could not have comprehended . He had loaded the 9,000 tons of bagged sugar so as to give the Chalna a metacentric height of only sixteen ...
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... Cowan watched the steering- compass and called out " Now ! " when she was on course . At that instant Bryce flashed the Aldis lamp through the wheelhouse window , and I took a bearing of the wind ' with my two ears ' . Seven times over ...
... Cowan watched the steering- compass and called out " Now ! " when she was on course . At that instant Bryce flashed the Aldis lamp through the wheelhouse window , and I took a bearing of the wind ' with my two ears ' . Seven times over ...
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