 ... the miles the current sets per hour, and the bearing of the log will show the set of it. There is a very remarkable current, called the GULF STREAM, which sets in a north-east direction along the coast of America, * From Nathaniel Bowditch, THE NEW...  New American Practical Navigator - Page 1861821Full view - About this book
 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1791 - 578 pages
...of 80 or TOO Fathoms^ ' when it can be, whereby the Boat will ride almoft as fteady as at Anchor j then heave the Log, and the Number of Knots run out in Half a Minute, will give the Miles which the Current runs per Hour, and the Bearing of the Log ihews the Setting of the... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1807 - 586 pages
...depth of 80 or 100 fathoms when it can be, whereby the boat will ride almoft as fteady as at anchor, then heave the log, and the number of knots run out in half a minute will give the miles which the current runs per hour, and the bearing of the log Ihews the fetting of the... | |
 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1807 - 676 pages
...depth of 80 or 100 fathoms when it can be, whereby the boat will ride almoft a» fteady as at anchor, then heave the log, and the number of knots run out in half a minute will give the miles which the current runs per hour, and the bearing of the log (hews the fetting of the... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 728 pages
...depth ef about loo fathoms: then, the log being low, its bearing will be the fitting of the current ; and the number of knots run out in half a minute will be its drift. When in fight of land, the fetting and drift of a current may be found, by obforving fome... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Astronomy - 1815 - 686 pages
...100 fathoms, when it can be done : by which means the boat will ride almost as steady as at anchor. Then heave the log, and the number of knots run out in half a minute will give the rate of the current, or the miles \vhich it runs per hour; and the hearing of the log shows... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 732 pages
...23 35 24 0 CURRENTS. A CURRENT ¡sa progressive motion of the water, causing all floating bodies to move that way towards which the stream is directed....the number of knots run out in half a minute will he, the miles the current sets per hour, and the hearing of the log will show the set of it. There... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1846 - 854 pages
...— Take a boat a short distance from the ship, and, by a rope fastened to the boat's stern, lower down a heavy iron pot or loaded kettle to the depth...fathoms; then heave the log, and the number of knots ran out in half a minute will be the miles the current sets per hour, and the bearing of the log will... | |
 | Edward Weller (F.R.G.S.), James Bryce - 1871 - 208 pages
...called knots, each knot being the same part of a nautical mile that half a minute is of an hour. Hcnco, the number of knots run out in half a minute will be equal to the number of nautical miles that the ship sails in an hour. The length of one knot should... | |
 | John William Norie, J. W. Saul - Nautical astronomy - 1917 - 642 pages
...nearly as steady as at anchor ; then the log being hove, its bearing will be the setting of the current, and the number of knots run out in half a minute will be its drift per hour. This method is, however, very uncertain, owing to the effect of submarine currents.... | |
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