An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour:, Band 1W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand., 1773 |
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... ship's ftriking , than to pre- vent her being beaten to pieces after fhe had struck : a very flight impulse upon the ship's course would have caused her to fteer clear of the rock , and if all things were not equally eafy to Omnipotence ...
... ship's ftriking , than to pre- vent her being beaten to pieces after fhe had struck : a very flight impulse upon the ship's course would have caused her to fteer clear of the rock , and if all things were not equally eafy to Omnipotence ...
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... ship after it had blown for fome time right a - head . CHAINS , ftrong links or plates of iron , the lower ends of which are bolted through the ship's fide to the timbers . They are placed at short distances from each other on the ...
... ship after it had blown for fome time right a - head . CHAINS , ftrong links or plates of iron , the lower ends of which are bolted through the ship's fide to the timbers . They are placed at short distances from each other on the ...
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... ship of war , con- tained between the foremost bulkhead of the steerage and the fore - part of the quarter - deck ... ship's fide , from the quarter - deck to the fore- caftle , for the convenience of walking more expeditiously fore ...
... ship of war , con- tained between the foremost bulkhead of the steerage and the fore - part of the quarter - deck ... ship's fide , from the quarter - deck to the fore- caftle , for the convenience of walking more expeditiously fore ...
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... ship's fide , being secured in this position by iron braces , fo as to render the afcent and descent convenient . GRAPPLING , a small anchor , fitted with four or five flukes or claws , commonly used to ride a boat or other fmall veffel ...
... ship's fide , being secured in this position by iron braces , fo as to render the afcent and descent convenient . GRAPPLING , a small anchor , fitted with four or five flukes or claws , commonly used to ride a boat or other fmall veffel ...
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... ship with her fides or timbers . L. LAGOON , a lake . LARBOARD , the left fide of a fhip when the eye of a fpectator ... ship's head - way , or the rate of her velocity as the advances through the fea . It is compofed of a reel and line ...
... ship with her fides or timbers . L. LAGOON , a lake . LARBOARD , the left fide of a fhip when the eye of a fpectator ... ship's head - way , or the rate of her velocity as the advances through the fea . It is compofed of a reel and line ...
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