Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the TreasuryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Merchant marine |
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... naval power . Ship - yards and ships , engineers and seamen of our own , if we have them , may once again defend the national honor , preserve the Union , and secure our freedom . These thoughts have given rise to the passage of many ...
... naval power . Ship - yards and ships , engineers and seamen of our own , if we have them , may once again defend the national honor , preserve the Union , and secure our freedom . These thoughts have given rise to the passage of many ...
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... naval architect in New York . It was presented to Congress by Hon . John Cochrane , of New York , chairman of the Committee on Commerce in the House , 1858. Before enactment , it was in the hands of successive chairmen , Eliot and ...
... naval architect in New York . It was presented to Congress by Hon . John Cochrane , of New York , chairman of the Committee on Commerce in the House , 1858. Before enactment , it was in the hands of successive chairmen , Eliot and ...
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... naval architect's ton of displacement , at least for salt - water vessels , is 2,240 pounds , or a gross ton = 35 cubic feet . On the fresh water of the Great Lakes 2,000 pounds , or the net ton = 32 cubic feet , has been used . The ...
... naval architect's ton of displacement , at least for salt - water vessels , is 2,240 pounds , or a gross ton = 35 cubic feet . On the fresh water of the Great Lakes 2,000 pounds , or the net ton = 32 cubic feet , has been used . The ...
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... naval power . It is sometimes the case in foreign ports that merchants having con- trol of freights need other inducements than commissions to procure cargoes for American ships , and much costly time has been lost in con- sequence . In ...
... naval power . It is sometimes the case in foreign ports that merchants having con- trol of freights need other inducements than commissions to procure cargoes for American ships , and much costly time has been lost in con- sequence . In ...
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... naval power . FRENCH BOUNTY LAW AMENDED . The statesmen of France have taken steps to stimulate home ship- building by ceasing to pay bounty to British builders . The following translation from the new shipping law shows the existing ...
... naval power . FRENCH BOUNTY LAW AMENDED . The statesmen of France have taken steps to stimulate home ship- building by ceasing to pay bounty to British builders . The following translation from the new shipping law shows the existing ...
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