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 465
each leg of the shrouds, stays and back-stays. The beam scale, invented by Boatswain Bell, U. S.Navy, is of great assistance in measuring for shrouds andbackstays. It is a hollow square of composition, usually(437) 43$ YOUNG SAILOR S ASSISTANT. graduated on two opposite edges of the square ; to… … BEAM SCALE. Use the fore-and-aft or working draft, the beam scale,dividers and rule. Having determined the half breadth of beam fromthe beam draft, clamp the vernier of the beam scale Mat this distance. The position of each dead eye beinglocated on the working draft, proceed to measure inthe…
Navigation · Signals and signaling
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