Pen and Pencil Sketches of Shipping and Craft All Round the WorldEdward Arnold, 1899 - 213 pàgines |
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... wind . Steamers now avoid this by running through the Straits of Magellan to the west coast of South America , Chili , and Peru , only to find that the steam - horse on land has cut them out by a short overland route from Buenos Ayres ...
... wind . Steamers now avoid this by running through the Straits of Magellan to the west coast of South America , Chili , and Peru , only to find that the steam - horse on land has cut them out by a short overland route from Buenos Ayres ...
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... wind . Of the Solent One class , eighteen started from the R.Y. " Osborne , " and gave a grand display of what amateurs can make of bad weather in a splendid race won by " Tangerine . " The " Britannia was designed by G. E. Watson , and ...
... wind . Of the Solent One class , eighteen started from the R.Y. " Osborne , " and gave a grand display of what amateurs can make of bad weather in a splendid race won by " Tangerine . " The " Britannia was designed by G. E. Watson , and ...
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... wind . Time has shown that these qualities were well carried out , as proved by the " Sunbeam's " record of ocean cruising in 1874 , 12,747 knots ; in 1876-7 , one cruise , 37,000 knots round the world ; 1883 , 13,545 knots in a cruise ...
... wind . Time has shown that these qualities were well carried out , as proved by the " Sunbeam's " record of ocean cruising in 1874 , 12,747 knots ; in 1876-7 , one cruise , 37,000 knots round the world ; 1883 , 13,545 knots in a cruise ...
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... winds extra balloon canvas . Original sail area ... 9,200 sq . ft . 13 The success of the combination of good qualities in her led to the " Chazalie " being built in 1875 , followed by the " Czarina , " for Mr. Albert Brassey , in 1877 ...
... winds extra balloon canvas . Original sail area ... 9,200 sq . ft . 13 The success of the combination of good qualities in her led to the " Chazalie " being built in 1875 , followed by the " Czarina , " for Mr. Albert Brassey , in 1877 ...
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... wind is not only instructive but as- tonishing . The barges have surprising sea capabilities ; they may be seen thrashing through the Downs , battened down , with the deck all amast , smothered in spindrift , just as if they liked it ...
... wind is not only instructive but as- tonishing . The barges have surprising sea capabilities ; they may be seen thrashing through the Downs , battened down , with the deck all amast , smothered in spindrift , just as if they liked it ...
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