The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volume 35Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1866 |
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... Miles , a schoolmaster and reporter , was tried for having escaped out of custody before trial . It does not appear that anything else was charged against him , and the only witnesses were the officers in charge of the prisoners . He ...
... Miles , a schoolmaster and reporter , was tried for having escaped out of custody before trial . It does not appear that anything else was charged against him , and the only witnesses were the officers in charge of the prisoners . He ...
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... miles in the twenty - four hours , by which the Rob Roy's boat was separated from her , and had some difficulty in regaining her . But the tendency of all these remarks is to show the necessity of the utmost caution in passing this low ...
... miles in the twenty - four hours , by which the Rob Roy's boat was separated from her , and had some difficulty in regaining her . But the tendency of all these remarks is to show the necessity of the utmost caution in passing this low ...
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... miles in length , about W.b.S. and E.b.N .; the whole being about eight miles in circumference . A remarkable rock , ten or twelve feet high , stands on the outer edge of the reef about half a mile due East ( true ) of the NO . 1. - VOL ...
... miles in length , about W.b.S. and E.b.N .; the whole being about eight miles in circumference . A remarkable rock , ten or twelve feet high , stands on the outer edge of the reef about half a mile due East ( true ) of the NO . 1. - VOL ...
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... miles ; and that by the course they were then making from S.W. S. to S.W.b.S. he expected to pass at least ten miles to the westward . " And that without allowing for currents which at noon this day had set the ship to the westward at ...
... miles ; and that by the course they were then making from S.W. S. to S.W.b.S. he expected to pass at least ten miles to the westward . " And that without allowing for currents which at noon this day had set the ship to the westward at ...
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... 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 . p.m.on the 7th ) another point westerly ? We ...
... 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 . p.m.on the 7th ) another point westerly ? We ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.