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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... fhip's bows . The smaller anchors , are the ftream anchor , the kedge anchor , and the grappling . AWNING , a canopy of canvass extending over the decks of a fhip in hot weather . AZIMUTH - COMPASS , an inftrument employed to discover ...
... fhip's bows . The smaller anchors , are the ftream anchor , the kedge anchor , and the grappling . AWNING , a canopy of canvass extending over the decks of a fhip in hot weather . AZIMUTH - COMPASS , an inftrument employed to discover ...
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... fhip runs between tack and tack , when the is turning to windward , or failing against the direction of the wind . BOW , the rounding part of a fhip's fide forward , beginning at the place where the planks arch inwards , and terminating ...
... fhip runs between tack and tack , when the is turning to windward , or failing against the direction of the wind . BOW , the rounding part of a fhip's fide forward , beginning at the place where the planks arch inwards , and terminating ...
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... fhip's fails , when the endeavours to make a progrefs in the nearest direction poffible towards that point of the ... fhip . COURSES , a name by which the principal fails of a fhip are ufually diftinguished , viz . the main - fail , fore ...
... fhip's fails , when the endeavours to make a progrefs in the nearest direction poffible towards that point of the ... fhip . COURSES , a name by which the principal fails of a fhip are ufually diftinguished , viz . the main - fail , fore ...
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... fhip . FOOT of a fail , lower edge or bottom . FOOT - ROPE , the rope to which the foot of a fail is fewed . FORE , all that part of a fhip's frame and machinery which lies near the head . G. GAFF , a fort of boom or pole , used to ...
... fhip . FOOT of a fail , lower edge or bottom . FOOT - ROPE , the rope to which the foot of a fail is fewed . FORE , all that part of a fhip's frame and machinery which lies near the head . G. GAFF , a fort of boom or pole , used to ...
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John Hawkesworth. GANGWAY , is alfo that part of a fhip's fide , both within and without , by which the paffengers enter and depart . It is for this purpose provided with a fufficient number of fteps , or cleats , nailed upon the fhip's ...
John Hawkesworth. GANGWAY , is alfo that part of a fhip's fide , both within and without , by which the paffengers enter and depart . It is for this purpose provided with a fufficient number of fteps , or cleats , nailed upon the fhip's ...
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