The Mercantile marine magazine and nautical record, Volumen8

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1861
 

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Página 48 - A passenger steamer shall be provided with a safety valve on each boiler, so constructed as to be out of the control of the engineer when the steam is up, and, if...
Página 60 - includes every ship employed in trading or going within the following limits; that is to say, the United Kingdom, the. Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, and the continent of Europe between the River Elbe and Brest, inclusive...
Página 48 - Nothing in this section shall exempt a person from any liability, civil or criminal, to which he would otherwise be subject for failing to adopt any reasonable precautions which, although not mentioned in this section, are reasonably required to prevent grain cargo from shifting.
Página 254 - Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and by virtue of the authority committed to her by the International Copyright Acts, 1844 to 1886, doth order, and it is hereby ordered as follows : 1.
Página 253 - Netherlands, Prussia, Russia, Sweden and Norway, and the Hanse Towns, on the one part, and Denmark, on the other part, for the Redemption of the Sound Dues.
Página 336 - An addition to the laws was duly passed and confirmed, to the effect that the Society " be empowered to elect as Associates masters of vessels or others engaged in marine pursuits, who may have peculiar facilities for adding to the scientific interest of the Society's proceedings ; such Associates to be in every case recommended by the council, and to have the same privileges as honorary members — their number to be limited to twenty-five.
Página 45 - I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo, enclosing a copy of a letter from Mr.
Página 284 - ... and whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that...
Página 128 - The light is a fixed red light, placed at an elevation of 33 feet above the mean level of the sea, and should be seen in clear weather, from the deck of a ship, at a distance of four miles. The light-house is of skeleton wood-work, at the end of the jetty, and at 240 yards from the shore. Its approximate position is given in lat. 37° 41' 30
Página 103 - Institution in 1824 to the end of the year 1862, either by its life-boats, or by special exertions for which it has granted rewards, is 12,854. How inadequately words expressed the aggregate amount of misery which the saving of so many thousands of lives...

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