Newfoundland Pilot: Including the Coast of Labrador from Cape St. Lewis to Long PointHydrographic Office, U.S. Navy, 1919 - 675 էջ |
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12 fathoms 12 feet 14 miles 200 yards wide anchor anchorage bank beach bearing bight Burnt Island Cape Cape Race Cape Ray channel cliffs coast depth distant eastern end eastward fathoms fathoms of water fathoms water feet above high feet high feet of water fishing flat Fox Island full and change Gooseberry Island Green Island Gull Island Hare Island high water hill Islet ledge lies Lighthouse low water mainland Merasheen Island mile wide miles southward miles westward mud bottom narrow nearly 1 mile north-northeastward northern end northern entrance point northern shore Northwest Arm open southward open westward patch rocky Seal Island Shag Rock shelter shoal water extends situated small vessels south-southwestward southern entrance southern point southern side southwestward springs rise steep-to summit ward western entrance point western point western shore western side winds wooded Woody Island yards northward yards southwestward yards westward
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Էջ 9 - On free waves, ie, waves in deep water, the effect is greatest. 2. In a surf, or waves breaking on a bar, where a mass of liquid is in actual motion in shallow water, the effect of the oil is uncertain...
Էջ 11 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Էջ 9 - Use of Oil for Modifying the Effect of Breaking Waves. — Many experiences of late years have shown that the utility of oil for this purpose is undoubted, and the application simple. The following may serve for the guidance of seamen, whose attention is called to the fact that a very small quantity of oil...
Էջ 1 - The intrinsic power of a light should always be considered when expecting to make it in thick weather. A weak light is easily obscured by haze, and no dependence can be placed on its being seen.
Էջ 12 - Islands, on the Western and Northern Coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands, on the shores of the Magdalen Islands, and also on the Coasts, Bays, Harbours, and Creeks from Mount Joly on the Southern Coast of Labrador, to and through the Straits of Belleisle and thence Northwardly indefinitely along the Coast, without prejudice however, to any of the exclusive Rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Էջ 12 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same, or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such...
Էջ 1 - Again, refraction may often cause a light to be seen farther than under ordinary circumstances. When looking out for a light at night, the fact is often forgotten that from aloft the range of vision is much increased. By noting a star immediately over the light a very correct bearing may be afterwards obtained from the standard compass. The intrinsic power of a' light should always be considered when expecting to make it in thick weather.
Էջ 10 - For a boat riding in bad weather from a sea anchor, it is recommended to fasten the bag to an endless line rove through a block on the sea anchor, by which means the oil is diffused well ahead of the boat, and the bag can be readily hauled on board for refilling if necessary.
Էջ 1 - All the distances given in the Light Lists and on the charts for the visibility of lights are calculated for a height of 15 feet for the observer's eye.