United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands, Teil 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 - 367 Seiten |
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1/4 mile wide 1½ mile 12 fathoms 34 mile anchor anchorage bank Batan Island berth Biliran bluff Bohol Cebu channel chart church clean and steep-to coast trends coral reef cove Daco dangers deep water distance east eastern entrance eastern side edge entering entrance point fathoms feet high harbor head heavily wooded high water hills Islet land least depth Leyte light low water Luzon lying mangroves Manila Masbate mile from shore miles eastward miles south miles southeastward miles southward Mindoro mouth muddy bottom narrow navigation nearly northeast monsoon northern entrance northern side northward northwest number of small Panay Panay Island Pasig River pass patch Point the coast Poro Island Port prominent reef extends River rock awash rocky Samar sand beach sheltered shoal shore reef Sibuyan Island small vessels south end south-southwestward southeast southern southwest steep-to steer Strait tide town typhoon vicinity village ward western westward winds
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Seite 10 - The glare of a powerful light is often seen far beyond the limit of visibility of the actual rays of the light, but this must not be confounded with the true range.
Seite 16 - ... center of magnetic force of an amount absolutely unknown to affect a compass half a mile distant. Such deflections of the compass are due to magnetic minerals in the bed of the sea under the ship, and when the water is shallow and the force strong the compass may be temporarily deflected when passing over such a spot, but the area of disturbance will be small, unless there are many centers near together.
Seite 31 - ... apart. The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red and the middle light shall be white, and they shall...
Seite 344 - ... sack rafts of timber and logs in streams or channels actually navigated by steamboats in such manner as to obstruct, impede, or endanger navigation. And whenever a vessel, raft, or other craft is wrecked and sunk in a navigable channel, accidentally or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the owner of such sunken craft to immediately mark it with a buoy or beacon during the day and a lighted lantern at night, and to maintain such marks until the sunken craft is removed or abandoned, and the neglect...
Seite 31 - By day she shall carry in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 6 feet apart, where they can best be seen, three shapes not less than 2 feet in diameter, of which the highest and lowest shall be globular in shape and red in colour, and the middle one diamond in shape and white.
Seite 13 - ... reference to the fixed arm. To plot a position the two angles observed between the three selected objects are set on the instrument, which is then moved over the chart until the three beveled edges in case of a metal instrument or the radial lines in the case of a transparent or celluloid instrument pass respectively and simultaneously through the three objects. The center of the instrument will then mark the ship's position, which may be pricked on the chart or marked with a pencil point through...
Seite 14 - In all such cases angles should be taken to several objects, the more the better; but five objects is a good number, as the four angles thus obtained not only prevent any errors, but they at once furnish a means of checking the accuracy of the chart itself.
Seite 17 - Crossing a bar with a flood tide, oil poured overboard and allowed to float in ahead of the boat which would follow with a bag towing astern, would appear to be the best plan. As before remarked, under these circumstances the effect cannot be so much trusted.
Seite 10 - ... be had to the scale of the chart used. A small error in laying down a position means only yards on a large-scale chart, whereas on a small scale the same amount of displacement means large fractions of a mile.
Seite 16 - The best method of application in a ship at sea appears to be : hanging over the side, in such a manner as to be in the water, small canvas bags, capable of holding from...