A manual of naval architecture for the use of officers of the Royal Navy, officers of the Mercantile Marine, yachtsmen, shipowners, and shipbuilders (1894)
White, W. H. (William Henry), Sir, 1845-1913 · London : J. Murray · leaf 699
a brief account ofit may be of interest. Twoobservers are stationed at aconsiderable distance aparton a line parallel to thekeel-line of the ship, as in-dicated by the points A andB, Fig. 172. They are each furnished with a simple sightinginstrument (or azimuth instrument), and at frequent… … See vol. xlix. of the Revue Maritime for further particulars. chap, xvm.] THE STEERING OF SHIPS. 675 the vessel. This object may be anchored if there is no tide or current,but otherwise may be a simple buoy or boat with a flagstaff. A largenumber of observations being made, a series of triangles,…
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