The ship-owners' and ship-masters' handy-book

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Seite 12 - SAIL-MAKING, an Elementary Treatise on. With Draughting, and the Centre of Effort of the Sails. Also, Weights and Sizes of Ropes ; Masting, Rigging. and Sails of Steam Vessels, &c., &c.
Seite 45 - ... feet downwards ; care must be taken that the stanchions are well secured at both ends. In no case can single boards be substituted for plank, and the shifting boards must be shored from the sides, midway between the stanchions.
Seite 46 - ... to come in contact with bales or bags, or any soft packages liable to be chafed. When Mats can be procured, they should be used at the sides for Silk, Tea, &c.
Seite 44 - ... custody of the goods when properly and legally received on board in good order, and for the " delivery" to parties producing the bill of lading. The captain's blank bill of lading should be receipted by the warehouse keeper or person authorized to receive the contents.
Seite 8 - A COMPLETE SET OF NAUTICAL TABLES, containing all that are requisite, with the Nautical Almanac, in keeping a Ship's Reckoning at Sea...
Seite 12 - Mariner's Compass, being a rudimentary exposition of the induced magnetism of iron in sea-going vessels, and its action on the compass, in different latitudes...
Seite 46 - The load draught must be regulated by the depth of the hold, allowing 3 inches to every foot depth of hold, measured from lowest line of sheer of deck amidships to the water, when upright. Ships having an additional deck put on after construction, the depth of hold to be measured from original deck.
Seite 46 - Ships loading grain complying strictly with the above rules, lined and loaded under the supervision of the surveyor appointed by Lloyd's agent, will be entitled to a certificate to that effect. Applications for supervision will have to be made in writing, and a fee of io dollars charged for such supervision and certificate.
Seite 45 - ... on sides up to the deck; between decks the dunnage must be laid thwart ships, at least 2 inches from the deck. Shifting plank extending at least 4 feet from deck beams downwards, secured to stanchions.
Seite 46 - Pot and Pearl Ashes, Tobacco, Bark, Indigo, Madders, Gum, &c., whether in casks, cases, or bales, to be dunnaged in the bottom, and to the upper part of the bilges, at least 9 inches, and 2.| inches at the sides.

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