United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Gulf of Mexico from Key West to the Rio Grande. Section E. Department of Commerce, U.S. Coast and Geodetic SurveyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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Seite 128 - That it shall not be lawful to throw, discharge, or deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure to be thrown, discharged, or deposited either from or out of any ship, barge, or other floating craft of any kind, or from the shore, wharf, manufacturing establishment, or mill of any kind, any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state, into any navigable water of the United States...
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 13 - ... objects on the chart. This method, based on the " three-point problem " of geometry, should be in general use.
Seite 127 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Seite 28 - Upon the discovery of a wreck by night, the life-saving force will burn a red pyrotechnic light or a red rocket to signify — ' You are seen ; assistance will be given as soon as possible.
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...
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 - For a ship at sea the best method of application appears to be to hang over the side, in such a manner as to be in the water, small canvas bags, capable of holding from 1 to 2 gallons of oil, the bogs being pricked with a sail needle to facilitate leakage of the oil.
Seite 22 - Lighthouse tenders when working on buoys in channels or other frequented waters may display a red flag (international signal-code letter " B ") and a black ball at the fore, as a warning to other vessels to slow down in passing.
Seite 19 - Nun buoys, properly colored and numbered, are usually placed on the starboard side, and can buoys on the port side of channels. Day beacons (except such as are on the sides of channels, which will be colored like buoys) are constructed and distinguished with special reference to each locality, and particularly in regard to the background upon which they are projected.