10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEAVE THE LOG»
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1
The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette
Heave the log! Six knots! Heave the log ! Five knots! Heave the log ! Four knots !
Heave the log ! Three knots ! Heave the log ! Two knots! Shove on more coal, and
get her steam well up ! Aye, aye, sir ! Heave the log ! Three knots! Heave the log ...
2
Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ...
smuggler on the coast of China, and down the river she went — Heave the log !
Seven knots! Heave the log ! Six knots ! Heave the log ! Five knots ! Heave the
log ! Four knots ! Heave the log ! Tbree knots ! Heave the log! Two knots! Shove
on ...
Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey, 1835
3
Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and ...
To Heave the Log, a? they call it, they throw it into the water on the lee side,
letting it run till it comes without the eddy of the ship's wake ; then one holding a
half-minute glass, turns it up just as the first knot, or the mark from which the knots
...
Encyclopaedia Britannica, James Millar, 1810
4
The British Encyclopedia, Or Dictionary of Arts and ...
As many accidents attend a ship during a day's sailing, such as the variableness
of wind, the different quantity of sail carried, &c. it will he necessary to heave the
log at every alteration ; but if none of these alterations be perceptible, yet ...
5
Moby-Dick, Or,
The Whale
Owing to a confident reliance upon other means of determining the vessel's place
, some merchantmen, and many whalemen, especially when cruising, wholly
neglect to heave the log; though at the same time, and frequently more for form's
...
6
The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...
As many accidents attend a ship during a day's sailing, such as the variableness
of wind, the different quantity of sail earned, &e. it will he necessary to heave the
log at every alteration ; but if none of these alterations be perceptible, yet it ought
...
7
Moby-Dick, Or
the Whale (Middleton Classics):
Owing to a confident reliance upon other means of determining the vessel's place
, some merchantmen, and many whalemen, especially when cruising, wholly
neglect to heave the log; though at the same time, and frequently more for form's
...
Owing to a confident reliance upon other means of determining the vessel's place
, some merchantmen, and many whalemen, especially when cruising, wholly
neglect to heave the log; though at the same time, and frequently more for form's
...
9
The Elements Of Navigation; Containing
The Theory and ...
Jn the King's ships, India ships, and some others, it is usual to heave the log
every hour : But coasters, and those using short voyages, heave the log once in
two hours only. 1059. This practice of measuring a ship's rate of sailing, is
founded ...
10
The Elements of Navigation
In the King's ships, India ships, and some others, it is usual to heave the log every
hour : but coasters, and those which make short vovages, heave the log once in
two hours only. 3. This practice of measuring a ship's rate of sailing is founded ...
John Robertson, William Wales, James Wilson (M. D., of London.), 1780
