The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, Volume 29Brown, Son and Ferguson, 1860 |
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Admiralty anchor anchorage appears bank Banka Banka Strait barometer barque bearing Blervie Castle boat bottled British cable Callao Cape Cape Horn Captain Channel chart China cilium coast Cockburn Reef colour command compass crew danger distance ditto East eastern fathoms feet Gadong gale half harbour Indian Island Japanese Jeddah land latitude lifeboat light lighthouse Liverpool longitude look marine mate Mecca merchant ships miles monsoon morning natives Nautical Magazine navigation nearly night North northward observed ocean officers Panama passage passed port position Prince Prince of Wales Quebec rain Raine Island reef remarkable river rocks Rodmond round route Royal sail seamen seen shell shoal shore side Sourabaya South southward steam steamer steer Strait surface Tambaga tide tion tons trade Valparaiso vessel voyage weather West westward wind wreck XXIX
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Page 119 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day. We stuck, nor breath nor motion ; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Page 519 - Whether clear or cloudy, a rosy sky at sunset presages fine weather ; a red sky in the morning bad weather, or much wind (perhaps rain) ; a grey sky in the morning, fine weather ; a high dawn, wind ; a low dawn, fair weather.
Page 81 - All may of Thee partake : Nothing can be so mean, Which with this tincture " for Thy sake " Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine : Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine. This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold : For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for less be told.
Page 519 - high dawn " is when the first indications of daylight are seen above a bank of clouds, A "low dawn" is when the day breaks on or near the horizon, the first streaks of light being very low down.
Page 243 - That an humble address be presented to her Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to...
Page 518 - In general, the three causes act much less strongly, and are less in accord ; so that ordinary varieties of weather occur much more frequently than extreme changes. Another general rule requires attention; which is, that the wind usually appears to veer, shift, or go round with the sun (right-handed, or from left to right),* and that when it does not do so, or backs, more wind or bad weather may be expected instead of improvement. It is not by any means intended to discourage attention to what is...
Page 517 - Three causes (at least) appear to affect the barometer : — 1. The direction of the wind — the north-east wind tending to raise it most ; the south-west to lower it the most, and wind from points of the compass between them proportionally as they are nearer one or the other extreme point. NE and SW may therefore be called the wind-s extreme bearings (rather than poles). The range or difference of height shown due to change of direction only...
Page 128 - One lesson, shepherd, let us two divide, Taught both by what she shows, and what conceals • Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
Page 431 - MY GOOD FRIEND: — I have been much gratified at the feelings which prompted you to write to me inviting the Prince of Wales to come to Washington. He intends to return from Canada through the United States, and it will give him great pleasure to have an opportunity of testifying to you in person that those feelings are fully reciprocated by him.
Page 431 - Prince will drop all royal state on leaving my dominions, and travel under the name of Lord Renfrew, as he has done when travelling on the continent of Europe. The Prince Consort wishes to be kindly remembered to you.