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Page 7
SHIPS OF THE ANCIENTS . THE first known record of a vessel is one inscribed
on an Egyptian monument , made about 4 , 000 years ago . A vessel is
represented pulling forty oars , having a double mast of two spars with sail bent to
yard and ...
SHIPS OF THE ANCIENTS . THE first known record of a vessel is one inscribed
on an Egyptian monument , made about 4 , 000 years ago . A vessel is
represented pulling forty oars , having a double mast of two spars with sail bent to
yard and ...
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Her masts were 100 feet high , her sails and cordage of royal purple hue THE
VIKINGS . Two thousand years ago , the chiefs and great warriors of the races
dwelling on the islands of the Baltic were : known as Vikings . There were five or
six ...
Her masts were 100 feet high , her sails and cordage of royal purple hue THE
VIKINGS . Two thousand years ago , the chiefs and great warriors of the races
dwelling on the islands of the Baltic were : known as Vikings . There were five or
six ...
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A parade wheel was then applied to its stern and it thus steamed down that river
to the Delaware , a distance of 16 miles , leaving all vessels that were under sail
far behind . Evans , like Fitch , predicted the time when steam would be ...
A parade wheel was then applied to its stern and it thus steamed down that river
to the Delaware , a distance of 16 miles , leaving all vessels that were under sail
far behind . Evans , like Fitch , predicted the time when steam would be ...
Page 13
She was originally intended for a sailing ship of 350 tons but was purchased on
the stocks by Mr . Scarborough , who deserves credit as the first to send a
steamship across the most stormy of seas . Moses Rogers was engineer , and
Capt .
She was originally intended for a sailing ship of 350 tons but was purchased on
the stocks by Mr . Scarborough , who deserves credit as the first to send a
steamship across the most stormy of seas . Moses Rogers was engineer , and
Capt .
Page 14
The possible value of the screw propeller first began to be perceived and
popularized by employing it as an auxiliary to sailing ships . In 1845 it was
extended to establish an American line of auxiliary packet ships , but after the
building of the ...
The possible value of the screw propeller first began to be perceived and
popularized by employing it as an auxiliary to sailing ships . In 1845 it was
extended to establish an American line of auxiliary packet ships , but after the
building of the ...
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Page 23 - By act of Congress approved March 23, 1888, a fee of one dollar is required to be collected for every citizen's passport. That amount in currency or postal money order should accompany each application. Orders should be payable to the Disbursing Clerk of the Department of State.
Page 22 - States, resided therein, and was a citizen at the time of the applicant's birth. The Department may require that this affidavit be supported by that of one other citizen acquainted with the facts.
Page 17 - Wearing apparel, articles of personal adornment, toilet articles, and similar personal effects of persons arriving in the United States: but this exemption shall include only such articles as were actually owned by them and in their possession abroad at the time of or prior to their departure from a foreign country, and as are necessary and appropriate for the wear and use of such persons...
Page 71 - A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. Second. Flames on the vessel (as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel, and so forth). Third. Rockets or shells throwing stars of any color or description, fired one at a time, at short intervals. Fourth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.
Page 57 - A red flag with a black center indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected. The pennants displayed with the flags indicate the direction of the wind: white, westerly (from southwest to north); red, easterly (from northeast to south).
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Page 140 - I therefore repeat, that it is absolutely indispensable for the United States to effect a passage from the Mexican Gulf to the Pacific Ocean ; and I am certain that they will do it.
Page 21 - ... and intends to return to the United States with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein.
Page 21 - A person who Is entitled to receive a passport. If temporarily abroad, should apply to the diplomatic representative of the United States In the country where he happens to be. or, In the absence of a diplomatic representative, to the Consul-General of the United States, or, In the absencs of both, to a consul of the United States.
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| Title | Old Ocean's Ferry: The Log of the Modern Mariner, the Trans-Atlantic Traveler, and Quaint Facts of Neptune's Realm |
| Editor | John Colgate Hoyt |
| Translated by | John Colgate Hoyt |
| Compiled by | John Colgate Hoyt |
| Publisher | Bonnell, Silver, 1900 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 266 pages |
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