10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SALVAGEE»
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salvagee in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
salvagee and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Records of a Family of Engineers
The Smeaton rode at what sailors call a salvagee, with a cross-head made fast to
the floating buoy. This kind of attachment was found to be more convenient than
the mode of passing the hawser through the ring of the buoy when the vessel ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, 2011
2
More "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound and Little Sense
My mind misgives me, sir, that we Were wrong about that salvagee— I should
restore it.” “ Good,” said the captain, and that day Restored it to the maintop~stay.
Well-practised sailors often make A much more serious mistake, And then ignore
it ...
William Schwenck Gilbert, 1872
3
Memories, Portraits, Essays and Records (Extended Annotated ...
The Smeatonrode at what sailorscalla salvagee, withacrosshead made fast tothe
floating buoy. This kind of attachment wasfoundto bemore convenient than
themodeof passing thehawser through thering of the buoy when the vesselwasto
be ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, 2014
4
The Repertory of arts and manufactures [afterw.] arts, ...
The distinction may be still continued, although the process shall have
approached much nearer : viz. all the yarns for a strand stretched at length and
bound together, so as to form what sailors call a salvagee, and which Duhamel
and others ...
Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture, 1808
5
Sketches New and Old, Illustrated, V1
had then only to be steered very close to the buoy, when the salvagee was laid
hold of with a boat-hook, and the bite of the hawser thrown over the crosshead.
But the salvagee, by this method, was always left at the buoy, and was, of course,
...
6
The naval officer's guide for preparing ships for sea
Take a piece of good rope, splice a thimble in one end, and fit the other like a
salvagee. The pendant must be cut long enough for the rigging. Reeve the
laniard the same way as lower rigging, and secure it with a sheet bend, or toggle,
to the ...
... on the opposite gang-way. Inside the purchase, and well in with the quarter-
block, clap round the yard a stout strap or salvagee ... To this strap or salvagee,
hook the quarter-tackle, the lower block of which hook FIRST COMMISSIONING.
21.
William Nugent Glascock, 1836
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The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture: ...
The distinction may be still continued, although the process shall have
approached much hearer f viz. all the yarns for a strand stretched at length and
bound together, so as to form what sailors call a salvagee, and which Duhamel
and others ...
9
The naval service, or, officer's manual for every grade in ...
... clap round the yard a stout strap or salvagee, placed in a position to plumb the
hole bored in the deck for the gurnet-pendant. To this strap or salvagee, hook the
quarter-tackle, the lower block of which hook FIRST COMMISSIONING. 21.
William Nugent Glascock, 1836
10
The Complete Robert Louis Stevenson: Novels, Short Stories, ...
The Smeaton rodeatwhat sailorscall a salvagee, with a crosshead made fast to
the floating buoy. This kind of attachment was found tobe moreconvenient than
themodeof passing the hawser through the ringofthe buoy when thevessel was ...
Robert Louis Stevenson, 2014
