 | Willis John Abbot - 1902 - 406 pages
...teeth of a northeast monsoon by mere dead reckoning, he replied that he had a crew of twelve men, any one of whom could take and work a lunar observation...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself. "When, in 1816, George Coggeshall coasted the Mediterranean in the 'Cleopatra's Barge,' a magnificent... | |
 | Winthrop Lippit Marvin - 1902 - 490 pages
...teeth of a northeast monsoon by mere dead reckoning, he replied that he had a crew of twelve men, any one of whom could take and work a lunar observation...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself. " This crew had in Nathaniel Bowditch an uncommon supercargo, but it would be difficult now to find... | |
 | 1888 - 1078 pages
...find his way, in tbe face of a northeast monsoon, by mere dead reckoning. Ho replied, that " he had a crew of twelve men every one of whom could take...all practical purposes as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive." During this conversation Bowditch sat " as modest as a maid, saying not a word, but... | |
 | Robert Marion La Follette - 1906 - 532 pages
...important part depended on their skill as observers with the sextant. One of the sister ships to the one of which Bowditch was supercargo was visited at Genoa...Such crews were only to be found on American ships in the palmy days of democracy. All were cousins or neighbors and each had a venture in the voyage.... | |
 | Ralph Delahaye Paine - 1912 - 638 pages
...contrived to find his way in the face of the northeast monsoon by dead reckoning. He replied that "he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, if he were alive." During this dialogue Nathaniel Bowditch, the supercargo, who had taught these sailors... | |
 | Robert Ephraim Peabody - 1912 - 212 pages
...that the Americans knew nothing about working lunar observations. Captain Prince told him that he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive. Murray was perfectly astounded at this, and actually went down to the landing-place... | |
 | State Street Trust Company (Boston, Mass.) - 1917 - 84 pages
...Murray how he managed to find his way into the harbour by deadreckoning. His answer was that he "had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive." Murray was so surprised at this statement that he decided to go down and inspect the... | |
 | Willis John Abbot - 1919 - 428 pages
...teeth of a northeast monsoon by mere dead reckoning, he replied that he had a crew of twelve men, any one of whom could take and work a lunar observation...all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself. "When, in 1816, George Coggeshall coasted the Mediterranean in the 'Cleopatra's Barge,' a magnificent... | |
 | George Granville Putnam - 1924 - 248 pages
...how he managed to find his way in the face of the northeast monsoon, Capt. Prince said that "he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take and work a lunar observation." Nathaniel Bowditch had taught them all. Capt. Prince said that another shipmaster remarked that there... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1898 - 936 pages
...important part depended on their skill as observers with the sextant. One of the sister ships to the one of which Bowditch was supercargo was visited at Genoa...Such crews were only to be found on American ships in the palmy days of democracy. All we:e cousins or neighbors and each had a "venture'' in the voyage.... | |
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Prince told him that he had a crew of twelve men, every one of whom could take and work a lunar observation as well, for all practical purposes, as Sir Isaac Newton himself, were he alive. 
