 ... so constructed 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 abaft the beam...  Annual Report - Page 119by Boston Board of Trade - 1856Full view - About this book
 | New York (State) - Session laws - 1914 - 1252 pages
...as to bo visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles, and to be so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, and so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to... | |
 | Great Britain. Foreign Office - Commercial treaties - 1924 - 1194 pages
...the hull of not less than 20 feet, a bright white light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed a* to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, viz., from right ahead to two... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1848 - 716 pages
...beam on each side of the ship. " 2 The coloured side Lights to be visible at a distance of at least 2 miles in a clear dark night, and the Lantern to be...as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the Compass, viz. from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on their... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1851 - 738 pages
...five miles in a dark night with a clear atmosphere, and the Lantern is to be so constructed as to shew a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, being ten points on each side of the ship, viz. from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1880 - 1122 pages
...with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least one mile. " (c.) On the port-side, a red light, so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass ; so fixed as to throw the light from right a-head to two... | |
 | Commerce - 1848 - 696 pages
...side lights to be visible at a distance of at least two miles on a clear dark night, and the lanterns to be so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass — viz., from right a-head to two points abaft the beam... | |
 | Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, William Buck Dana - Commerce - 1848 - 726 pages
...side lights to be visible at a distance of at least two miles on a clear dark night, and the lanterns to be so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass — viz., from right a-head to two points abaft the beam... | |
 | 1848 - 700 pages
...side lights to be visible at a distance of at least two miles on n clear dark night, and the lanterns to be so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass — viz., from right a-head to two points abaft the beam... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - Geography - 1849 - 116 pages
...conditions are to be observed, vi2. : — 1. The mast-head light to be visible at a distance of at least 5m. in a clear dark night, and the lantern to be so constructed...as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the hori2on of 20 points of the compass, vi2. from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on each... | |
 | Trade Board of - 1850 - 690 pages
...conditions to be observed, viz. : — 1. The mast head light to be visible at a distance of at least fire miles in a clear dark night, and the lantern to be...as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 20 points of the compos — viz.( from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on... | |
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