| Naval art and science - 1851 - 830 pages
...longitude by chronometer, and also by his courses and distances run from the place of departure. He must work a day's work complete, including the bearings and distance of the port he is bound to. He mast be able to observe and calculate the amplitude of the sun, and deduce the variation of the... | |
| Trade Board of - 1850 - 690 pages
...sailing-vessels, and the lights carried by tbem. AN ONLY MATE must be eighteen years of age, and have been four years at sea. In NAVIGATION. — In addition to the...required for a Second Mate, an only Mate must be able to find the place of his vessel at sea, by the observed altitude of the sun, comprising the latitude by... | |
| Janet Taylor - 1852 - 98 pages
...them. An ONLY MATE must be eighteen years of age, and have been four years at sea. IN NAVIGATION.—In addition to the qualification required for a Second...able to work a day's work complete, including the bearing and distance of the port he is bound to by Mer*itor's method. He must be able to observe, and... | |
| Janet Taylor - 1853 - 124 pages
...sailing-vessels, and the lights carried by them. An ONLY MATE must be eighteen years of age, and have been four years at sea. IN NAVIGATION. — In addition to the...able to work a day's work complete, including the bearing and distance of the port ho is boun'd to by Mercator's method. He must be able to observe,... | |
| 1854 - 500 pages
...vessels, and the lights carried by them. An ONLY MATE must be eighteen years of age, and have been four years at sea. In Navigation. — In addition to the...able to work a day's work complete, including the bearing and distance of the port he is bound to, by Mercator's method. He must be able to observe,... | |
| Charles Joseph Riches - 1854 - 64 pages
...vessels, and the lights carried by them. AN ONLY MATE Must be eighteen years of age, and have been four years at sea. In NAVIGATION. In addition to the qualification...required for a second Mate, an only Mate .must be able to find the place of his vessel at sea by the observed altitude of the sun, comprising the latitude by... | |
| Reed Thomas and co, ltd, Thomas REED (of Sunderland.) - Merchant marine - 1859 - 106 pages
...An ONLY MATE must be nineteen years of ag«, and have been five years at sea. ' IN NAV1GAT1ON. — In addition to the qualification required for a Second...able to work a day's work complete, including the bearing and distance of the port he is bound to, by Mercator's method. He must be able to observe and... | |
| Trade Board of - 1860 - 774 pages
...lighU and fog signals carried by them. AN ONLY MATE must be nineteen years of age, and have been five years at sea. In NAVIGATION — In addition to the...required for a Second Mate, an Only Mate must be able t<> observe and calculate the amplitude of the sun, and deduce the variation of the compass therefrom,... | |
| Reed Thomas and co, ltd - 1860 - 118 pages
...(b) An ONLY MATE must be nineteen years of age, and have been five years at sea. IN NAV1GAT1ON. — In addition to the qualification required for a Second Mate, an Only Mate must be able to observe and calculate the amplitude of the sun, and deduce the variation of the compass therefrom and... | |
| Reed Thomas and co, ltd - 1863 - 154 pages
...and fog signals carried by them. (b) An ONLY MATE must be nineteen years of age, and have been five years at sea. IN NAVIGATION. — In addition to the...required for a Second Mate, an Only Mate must be able to observe and calculate the amplitude of the sun, and deduce the variation of the compass therefrom,... | |
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