The Yachtsman's Guide: A Book in Three Parts, Written Specially for YachtsmenNew York Navigation School, 1885 - 174 sivua |
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... passes over the national observatory of a country is selected as the first meridian of that nation , and the charts issued are laid out accordingly . Thus the French adopt the meridian of Paris , the Spaniards that of San Fernando , and ...
... passes over the national observatory of a country is selected as the first meridian of that nation , and the charts issued are laid out accordingly . Thus the French adopt the meridian of Paris , the Spaniards that of San Fernando , and ...
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... pass is westerly , and over a part of the Atlantic Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean the variation is easterly . There are places on the surface of the globe where no variation exists , and these points are termed " lines of no variation ...
... pass is westerly , and over a part of the Atlantic Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean the variation is easterly . There are places on the surface of the globe where no variation exists , and these points are termed " lines of no variation ...
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... pass drawn on the chart gives 7 ° 50 ′ of westerly variation , equal- ing about of a point of the compass . Hence we know that in the latitude and longitude of Sandy Hook , at the present time ( 1885 ) , the north end of the compass ...
... pass drawn on the chart gives 7 ° 50 ′ of westerly variation , equal- ing about of a point of the compass . Hence we know that in the latitude and longitude of Sandy Hook , at the present time ( 1885 ) , the north end of the compass ...
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... pass , " occasioned by the metal used in the construction of a ship , in the machinery or in a cargo , preferring to deal with the latter under a separate and distinct head ; but I will remark that local disturbances , as a rule , are ...
... pass , " occasioned by the metal used in the construction of a ship , in the machinery or in a cargo , preferring to deal with the latter under a separate and distinct head ; but I will remark that local disturbances , as a rule , are ...
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... passing over the earth , and this path is called the " sun's track " or " Ecliptic . " The ecliptic and equator are inclined to one another at an angle of 2340 , owing to the earth's inclination . By reference to the Nautical Almanac it ...
... passing over the earth , and this path is called the " sun's track " or " Ecliptic . " The ecliptic and equator are inclined to one another at an angle of 2340 , owing to the earth's inclination . By reference to the Nautical Almanac it ...
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Sivu 90 - On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Sivu 97 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel or the owner or master or crew thereof from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen or by the special circumstances of the case.
Sivu 94 - When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Sivu 95 - When two steam- vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Sivu 94 - When two sailing vessels are approaching one another so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other...
Sivu 90 - ... light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Sivu 96 - In obeying and construing these Rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above Rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Sivu 92 - ... use : and shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side, nor, if practicable, more than two points abaft the beam on their respective sides.
Sivu 96 - In narrow channels every steam vessel shall, when it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side of such vessel.
Sivu 90 - Each of these lights shall be of the same construction and character, and shall be carried in the same position as the white light mentioned in Article 2 (a), except the additional light, which may be carried at a height of not less than 14 feet above the hull.