 | James Frederick Imray - Pilot guides - 1877 - 204 pages
...unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 20 points of the compass; so fixed as to throw the light 10 points on each side of the ship, 'viz., from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam or either side ; and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night,... | |
 | United States. Navy Department - 1877 - 322 pages
...miles. (a) At the foremast-head, a bright white light, so fixed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the ship, viz: from right ahead to two points... | |
 | Robert White Stevens - Maritime law - 1878 - 864 pages
...ships when under weigh shall carry — (i.) At foremast head a bright white light, so fixed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, that is ten points on each side of the ship, viz., from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on... | |
 | Fore and aft seamanship - 1878 - 34 pages
...unbroken Light over an arc of the Horizon of 20 Points of the Compass ; so fixed as to throw the Light 10 Points on each side of the Ship, viz., from right ahead to 2 Points abaft the Beam on either side; and of such a Character as to be visible on a dark Night, with... | |
 | United States. Department of the Treasury - Customs administration - 1878 - 406 pages
...atmosphere, at a.distance of at least five miles, and so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, and so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead... | |
 | Great Britain - Law - 1878 - 1320 pages
...unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 20 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw ihe "light 10 points on each side of the ship, viz., from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night with... | |
 | Collisions at sea - 1878 - 40 pages
...unbroken Light over an arc of the Horizon of 20 Points of the Compass ; so fixed as to throw the Light 10 Points on each side of the Ship, viz., from right ahead to 2 Points abaft the Beam on either side; and of such a Character as to be visible on a dark Night, with... | |
 | Isaac Edwards - Bailments - 1878 - 738 pages
...atmosphere, at a distance of at least five miles, and so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, and 'VI. 100, 8. 47, V. 16, p. IM. 29 April, 18«, о. Hid., art. в. аз prescribed for ocean-going... | |
 | 1879 - 520 pages
...tmbroken light over an are of the horizon of 20 points of the compass; so fixed as to throw the light 10 points on each side of the ship, viz., from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side; and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of... | |
 | Douglas Frazar - Sailing - 1879 - 152 pages
...carry (a.) At the foremast head a bright white light, so fixed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass ; so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the ship, viz., from right ahead to two... | |
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... uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the ship, viz. from right ahead to two points abaft the beam... 
