The Technical World Magazine, Volume 7Technical World Company, 1907 |
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Page 399
... breeches buoy for landing the workmen and taking them away every night to the mainland . A cable was stretched from the mast of a ship at anchor to the islet's crest ; and along this line the buoy travelled . It was merely a pair of ...
... breeches buoy for landing the workmen and taking them away every night to the mainland . A cable was stretched from the mast of a ship at anchor to the islet's crest ; and along this line the buoy travelled . It was merely a pair of ...
Page 560
... breeches buoy used by organized life - saving crews the world over has been im- proved by a device that has just been adopted by the United States life - saving service , which , according to experts , in- creases its efficiency fully ...
... breeches buoy used by organized life - saving crews the world over has been im- proved by a device that has just been adopted by the United States life - saving service , which , according to experts , in- creases its efficiency fully ...
Page 561
breeches buoy is occupied , when it au- tomatically turns to a bright red , going back to white again when the passenger is landed . Suspended above the breeches buoy from the traveler block by lanyards that run through the four hollow ...
breeches buoy is occupied , when it au- tomatically turns to a bright red , going back to white again when the passenger is landed . Suspended above the breeches buoy from the traveler block by lanyards that run through the four hollow ...
Page 707
... breeches buoy , passengers from a stranded vessel . The projectiles fired before the officials were so firmly im- bedded in the ground that twenty men pulling on the rope were unable to dis- lodge them . It is the opinion of many that ...
... breeches buoy , passengers from a stranded vessel . The projectiles fired before the officials were so firmly im- bedded in the ground that twenty men pulling on the rope were unable to dis- lodge them . It is the opinion of many that ...
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