Young sailor's assistant in practical seamanship including the rules of the road; directions for resuscitating the apparently drowned, etc., etc., together with the salutes ... naval signal flags, Very's lights, and the international code of signals (1893)
Taunt, Emory H · Washington · leaf 192
Thependant is used to take the strain off the yard when hoist-ing heavy weights. WJiat is a parbuckle ? The simplest kind of a pur-chase : the bight or middle ofa rope is made fast, and thetwo ends are taken and passedarou?id and underneath the ob-ject to be moved; bring theends back again; then… … Parbuckle. 166 YOUNG SAILORS ASSISTANT. WJiat is a runner and tackle ? Simply a purchase of a double and a singleblock, hooked or attached to a runner. WJiat advantage has a tackle with patentblocks ? The friction rollers, in the blocks, overcomea great amount of the friction. They cannotbe used,…
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