Tait's New Seamanship: A ... Work Specially Adapted for Young Seamen, Apprentices, Officers, and Masters in the Merchant Service. Containing All the ... Information for ... the Board of Trade Examinations
Tait's New Seamanship: A ... Work Specially Adapted for Young Seamen, Apprentices, Officers, and Masters in the Merchant Service. Containing All the ... Information for ... the Board of Trade Examinations ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ..._ R--The way is off my ship; you may feel yourl way past me, ---/ m TM"" L--Stop, or Heave-to; I have something im-portant to communicate, --J m TM TM m F--I am disabled; communicate with me, --__ -. When a vessel is in tow, the following signals made by flashes of light may be used between her and the tug or towin- ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ..._ R--The way is off my ship; you may feel yourl way past me, ---/ m TM"" L--Stop, or Heave-to; I have something im-portant to communicate, --J m TM TM m F--I am disabled; communicate with me, --__ -. When a vessel is in tow, the following signals made by flashes of light may be used between her and the tug or towin- vessel: --E--Steer more to Starboard, -----I--Steer more to Port, -----= H--Cast off hawsers, ------m m m MORSE CODE CHARACTERS.----indicates a LONG of about 3 seconds duration.-i) a SHOET, 1 second Preparative Signal to attract attention, ----------etc. Answering Sig., or, I understand, -----------.----etc. Interval between each flash or sound, ---1 second. -- -, letter, 3 seconds. -, word, 6 (b) FLAG WAVING. Instructions for communicating by Flashing Signals with a Flag (generally termed Flag Waving). The system used is the Morse Alphabet, the letters being made "by groups of long and short flashes caused by moving a flag through.a long or short arc, as described below. The signalman may work from left to right, or from right to left, as shown in figs. 54 and 55, according to convenience and direction of the wind. In the normal position (a) in the above figures, the flag should make an angle of 25 with a vertical line through the centre of the body. The pole should be kept high enough to permit seeing underneath the flag while in motion. To make a Short Flash or Dot. The flag is waved from a to b, and without any pause back again to the normal position. To make a Long Flash or Dash. The flag is waved from a to c, and after a short but distinct pause at c brought back to the normal position. When Signalling A Letter. When signalling a letter the flashes representing it should be ma...
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