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Page 63
... inch compasses , or those of regulation size , are being completely overhauled and fitted with new cards and bowl - circles , so as to be in all respects as good as those recently furnished by the makers . INSPECTION OF COMPASSES . The ...
... inch compasses , or those of regulation size , are being completely overhauled and fitted with new cards and bowl - circles , so as to be in all respects as good as those recently furnished by the makers . INSPECTION OF COMPASSES . The ...
Page 67
... inch equatorial , ordered from Alvan Clark & Sons , in 1870 , was received and successfully mounted . Its performance has been , on the whole , eminently satisfactory , the defects being principally such as seem necessarily incident to ...
... inch equatorial , ordered from Alvan Clark & Sons , in 1870 , was received and successfully mounted . Its performance has been , on the whole , eminently satisfactory , the defects being principally such as seem necessarily incident to ...
Page 68
... inch too near together , require some changes ; and the protection of the thermometer , on which the computation for refrac tion depends , is such that there is frequently an abnormal daily range of 50 or 60 . It will require at least ...
... inch too near together , require some changes ; and the protection of the thermometer , on which the computation for refrac tion depends , is such that there is frequently an abnormal daily range of 50 or 60 . It will require at least ...
Page 81
... inches of armor ; and at present we have no guns , except the 15 - inch in the monitors , which will seriously injure the lightest of these armored vessels . Substitute a 7 - inch or 8 - inch rifle for the 11 - inch smooth - bore ...
... inches of armor ; and at present we have no guns , except the 15 - inch in the monitors , which will seriously injure the lightest of these armored vessels . Substitute a 7 - inch or 8 - inch rifle for the 11 - inch smooth - bore ...
Page 105
... inches . The hulls are of wood . The vessels represent the smallest type of full - powered screw revenue - cutters adapted for cruising - purposes . They were all intended to be rigged as schooners ; but it having been decided to send ...
... inches . The hulls are of wood . The vessels represent the smallest type of full - powered screw revenue - cutters adapted for cruising - purposes . They were all intended to be rigged as schooners ; but it having been decided to send ...
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