 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1895 - 920 pages
...at least two miles ; and shall by day carry in a vertical line one over the other, not less than six feet apart, where they can best be seen, two black balls or shapes, each two feet in diameter. (6) A vessel employed iu laying or in picking up a telegraph cable shall carry... | |
 | Electricity - 1879 - 614 pages
...10 inches in diameter, in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 3 feet apart ; and shall by day carry, in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 3 feet apart, in front of but not lower than her foremast head, three black balls or shapes, each 2 feet in diameter.... | |
 | Institution of Electrical Engineers - Electrical engineering - 1879 - 606 pages
...10 inches in diameter, in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 3 feet apart ; and shall by day carry, in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 3 feet apart, in front of but not lower than her foremast head, three black balls or shapes, each 2 feet in diameter.... | |
 | Marine engineering - 1886 - 354 pages
...the other, not less than 3 ft. apart, and visible at a distance of at least tw J miles ; and shall by day carry in a vertical line one) over the other, not less than 3 ft. apart, in front of, but not lower than, her fore-mast head, three black balls or shapes, each 2... | |
 | United States - 1890 - 858 pages
...to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least 2 miles, and shall by day carry in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than 3 feet apart, in front of but not lower than her foremast-head, three black balls or shapes, each 2 feet in diameter."... | |
 | Navigation - 1890 - 524 pages
...to be visible ou a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least 2 miles, and shall by day carry in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than 3 feet apart, in front of but not lower than her foremast-head, three black balls or shapes, each 2 feet in diameter.... | |
 | Navigation - 1890 - 696 pages
...and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall be of such a character as to be visible all round the horizon, at a dtstance of at least 2 miles. By day she shall carry in a vertical line one over the other, not less... | |
 | Reginald Godfrey Marsden, John William Mansfield - Collisions at sea - 1891 - 716 pages
...that light, two red lights in a vertical line one over the other, not less than six feet apart, and of such a character as to be visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least two miles ; and shall by day carry in a vertical line one over the other, not... | |
 | United States - Session laws - 1891 - 1922 pages
...of at least two miles; and shall by day carry in a vertical line one over the other, not less than feet apart, where they can best be seen, two black balls or sha¡ each two feet in diameter. (b) A vessel employed in laying or in picking up a telegraph > shall... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1894 - 322 pages
...be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles ; and shall by day carry, in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 3 feet apart, in front of but not lower than her foremast head, three black balls or shapes, each 2 feet in diameter,... | |
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... in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 6 feet apart, and of such a character as to be visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least 2 miles... 
