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 23
22 Signalman faces exactly communicating station—flag isheld directly above the head—butt of staff at the waist. Letters are signalled by making, one after the other, thefollowing motions for the figures standing for each letter.When two or more figures follow each other, there is nopause between… … Two - One-?!? ( 6 ) * O/ie-Two- One-Tivo- IZ22: YOUNG SAILOR S ASSISTANT. 7 To make three [3] or front, flag is waved to ground infront, and brought back above the head. So to make A, or twenty-two [22], the flag is wavedtwice to the ground to the left without any stop betweenthe motions—so for a…
Navigation · Signals and signaling
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