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: Drawn Up from the Journals which Were Kept by the Several Commanders, and from the Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, Bart, Band 1W. Strahan, 1785 |
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... small degree of fagacity would have difco- vered , without foreign afsistance . This Gentleman charges me with inconsistency in faying , firft , that the nautical events were mi- nutely related , to afcertain the fhip's track more ...
... small degree of fagacity would have difco- vered , without foreign afsistance . This Gentleman charges me with inconsistency in faying , firft , that the nautical events were mi- nutely related , to afcertain the fhip's track more ...
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... smaller anchors , are the ftream anchor , the kedge anchor , and the grap- pling . AWNING , a canopy of canvafs extending over the decks of a ship in hot weather . AZIMUTH - COMPASS , an inftrument employed to difcover the magnetical ...
... smaller anchors , are the ftream anchor , the kedge anchor , and the grap- pling . AWNING , a canopy of canvafs extending over the decks of a ship in hot weather . AZIMUTH - COMPASS , an inftrument employed to difcover the magnetical ...
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... small anchor , fitted with four or five flukes or claws , commonly used to ride a boat or other fmall veffel . GUNNEL , or GUNWALE , the upper edge of a ship's fide . H. HANDING the fails , rolling them up . clofe to the yard or maft to ...
... small anchor , fitted with four or five flukes or claws , commonly used to ride a boat or other fmall veffel . GUNNEL , or GUNWALE , the upper edge of a ship's fide . H. HANDING the fails , rolling them up . clofe to the yard or maft to ...
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... small anchor , ufed to keep a fhip fteady whilft the rides in a harbour or river . Falfe KEEL , a ftrong , thick piece of timber , bolted to the main keel to preferve its lower - fide . KNEE , a crooked piece of timber , having two ...
... small anchor , ufed to keep a fhip fteady whilft the rides in a harbour or river . Falfe KEEL , a ftrong , thick piece of timber , bolted to the main keel to preferve its lower - fide . KNEE , a crooked piece of timber , having two ...
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... small piece of wood , forming the quadrant of a circle . The term log however is more particularly ap- plied to the latter . The log , is generally about a quar- ter of an inch thick , and five or fix inches from the an- gular point to ...
... small piece of wood , forming the quadrant of a circle . The term log however is more particularly ap- plied to the latter . The log , is generally about a quar- ter of an inch thick , and five or fix inches from the an- gular point to ...
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