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" Fig. 3) loaded on the circular side with lead sufficient to make it swim upright in the water: to this is fastened a line about 150 fathoms long, called the Log-line, which is divided into certain spaces called knots, and is wound on a reel (see Plate... "
Navigation and Nautical Astronomy: The Practical Part, Containing Rules for ... - Page 12
by H. W. Jeans - 1853 - 279 pages
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The New Practical Navigator: Being a Complete Epitome of Navigation: to ...

John Hamilton Moore - 1810 - 662 pages
...of wood like a flounder, or of the figure of a quarter of a circle, having its circular side loaded with lead sufficient to make it swim upright in the water. To this log is .fastened a long line of about 150 fathoms, called the log-line, which is divided into certain...
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New American Practical Navigator

1821 - 708 pages
...Log is a flat piece of thin board, of a sectoral or quadrantal form, (see Plate VI. fig. 3) loudcd on the circular side with lead sufficient to make it...water: to this is fastened a line about 150 fathoms lung, culled the Log-line, which is divided into certain spaces called knots, and is wound on a reel...
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The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation ...

Nathaniel Bowditch - 1826 - 732 pages
...Log is a flat piece of thin board, of a sectoral or quadrantal form, (see Plate VI. Fig. 3) loaded on the circular side with lead sufficient to make it...which is divided into certain spaces called knots, and is wound on a reel (see Plate VI. Fig. 4) which turns very easily. The Half-Minute Glass is of...
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The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation ...

Nathaniel Bowditch - 1826 - 764 pages
...sectoral or quadrantal fon (see Plate VI. Fig. 3) loaded on the circular side with lead sufficient to mal it swim upright in the water: to this is fastened a line about 150 fathon long, called the Log-line, which is divided into certain spaces called knoi and is wound on...
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Mechanics Magazine, Volume 6

1827 - 600 pages
...the rate at which she runs, is a piece of thin board of a sectoral or qiiadrnntal f.irm, loaded on the circular side with lead sufficient to make it swim upright in the water ; to which is attached a line of about lr>0 fathoms, or 390 yards long, called the log line, which is divided...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 6

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1827 - 588 pages
...or the rate at which she runs, is a piece of thin board of a sectoral or quadrantal form, loaded on the circular side with lead sufficient to make it swim upright in the water; to which is attached a line of about 150 fathoms, or 300 yards long, called the log line, which is divided...
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The New American Practical Navigator; Being an Epitome of Navigation ...

Nathaniel Bowditch - 1846 - 854 pages
...thin board, of a sectoral or quadrantal form (see Plate VI. fig. 3), loaded, on the circular «de, with lead sufficient to make it swim upright in the...fathoms long, called the log-line, which is divided iuto certain spaces called knots, and is wound ou a reel (see Plate VJ. fig. 4) which turns very easily....
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Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, Part 1

H. W. Jeans - 1858 - 314 pages
...thus, 2 | points to the right of north is NNEfE. ; 7f points to the right of north is EbNfE. or Е.|N. The other three quadrants are divided and referred...feet) that half a minute is of an hour, hence 1 knot = 10A = 51 feet. iż1\) If, therefore, 1 knot runs out in half a minute (shown by a half-minute glass),...
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Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous ...

Stephen Bleecker Luce - 1866 - 874 pages
...Log is a flat piece of thin board, of a sectoral or quadrantal form, Fig. 220, Plate 25, loaded, on the circular side, with lead sufficient to make it...which is divided into certain spaces called knots, and is wound on a reel, Fig. 219, which turns very easily. The Half-Minute Glass is of the same form...
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Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities, and Illustrated with Numerous ...

Stephen Bleecker Luce - 1877 - 882 pages
...Log is a flat piece of thin board, of a sectoral or quadrantal form, Fig. 220, Plate 25, loaded, on the circular side, with lead sufficient to make it...water. To this is fastened a line, about 150 fathoms loug, called the log-tine, which is divided into certain spaces called knots, and is wound' on a reel,...
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