The American Practical Lunarian: And Seaman's Guide ... To which are Annexed, a Compendium of Marine Law, and Mercantile Regulations and Customs; Being a Correct and Useful Guide to All Men in Business ... Marine Insurance Laws ... Commercial Forms |
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The American Practical Lunarian, and Seaman's Guide, 1822: To Which Are ... Thomas Arnold No preview available - 2017 |
The American Practical Lunarian, and Seaman's Guide, 1822: To Which Are ... Thomas Arnold No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
altitude anchor anchorage appear axis bank bear blow boat Brazil cable Cape Cape Verd Islands Captain casks centre chase chronometer coast compass degrees diameter difference distance ditto diurnal motion earth east eastward eclipse enemy equator fathoms feet fore Funchal gale Greenwich gulf stream guns haul hawse heave Helena helm horizontal parallax inches island Jupiter land latitude leagues length light logarithm longitude magnitude mainsail mast mercury meridian miles minutes mizen moon moon's semi-diameter motion N. E. trade Nautical Almanac nearly noon northward observed orbit pass picul planet port Porto Praya powder quarter reef rocks rope rudder sail Santa Cruz point satellites Saturn seconds sextant ship ship's shoal shore side southward star starboard staysail steered sun's Table tack tide topmast topsail veer vessel weather weight westward wind windward yards
Popular passages
Page 729 - ... arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever, barratry of the master and mariners, and of all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises and ship, &c., or any part thereof.
Page 730 - And so we the assurers are contented, and do hereby promise and bind ourselves each one for his own part, our heirs, executors, and goods to the assured, their executors, administrators, and assigns for the true performance of the premises, confessing ourselves paid the consideration due unto us for this assurance by the assured at and after the rate of IN WITNESS WHEREOF we the assurers have subscribed our names and sums assured in (London).
Page 733 - ... they are, of the seas, men-of-war, fire," enemies, pirates, rovers, thieves, jettisons, letters of mart and countermart, surprisals, takings at sea, arrests, restraints and detainments of all kings, princes, and people* of what nation, condition, or quality soever...
Page 732 - ... and in case of any loss or misfortune it shall be lawful to the assured, their factors, servants, and assigns, to sue, labour, and travel for, in, and about the defence, safeguard, and recovery of the said goods and merchandizes and ship, &c., or any part thereof, without prejudice to this insurance...
Page 734 - And it is agreed by us, the Insurers, that this Writing or Policy of Assurance shall be of as much Force and Effect as the surest Writing or Policy of Assurance heretofore made in Lombard Street, or in the Royal Exchange, or elsewhere in London.
Page 727 - ... upon any kind of Goods and Merchandises, and also upon the Body, Tackle, Apparel, Ordnance, Munition, Artillery, Boat and other Furniture, of and in the good Ship or Vessel called the...
Page 729 - Ship, &c., or any Part thereof, without Prejudice to this Insurance ; to the Charges whereof we, the Assurers, will contribute, each one according to the Rate and Quantity of his sum herein assured.
Page 729 - Be it known that as well in own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all...
Page 384 - ... that a line drawn from the centre of the sun to the centre of the earth...
Page 798 - Ship called the whereof is Master for this present Voyage and now riding at Anchor in the and bound for to say being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered...