The little gold mine. Conklin's handy manual of the mechanical arts and house plans .. (1889)
Conklin, [George W.] [from old catalog] · Chicago, Laird & Lee · leaf 44
thenian replied bysignal, Get up steam, then proceeded with two tugs to thescene. On arriving on board the Clan Gordon everythingappeared in perfect order, and nobody was more surprisedthan the quartermaster, who had placed the flags upsidedown— P N being the signal for a tug and N P thatthe ship… … Of course the meaning of the signals is given in the codebook opposite the letters represented by the flags shown atthe masthead. The number of signals that can be ; madewith a few signs involves the marvels of permutation. Withten flags, hoisting two at a time, ninety signals can be made;hoisting…
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