The stranger's hand-book, to the Western metropolis, compiled by a naval officer |
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74 GUNS acres Adelaide-row Admiral Boscawen's action Andrew's appearance artizans Athenæum Bank barracks battle Battle of Copenhagen breadths Breakwater built of granite capacious chapel Charles commanded by Captain commenced contain Cornwall Cornwall-street Dartmoor Devon Devon and Cornwall Devonport Dock-Yard Drake's Island EARL OF MORLEY Eddystone EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE England entrance erected establishment feet fire flames Fore-street French fleet frigate-dock frigates gallant gate George GOVERNMENT Guard-ship Hamoaze House immense inhabitants interior joiners killed labour Laira Laira Bridge late Lord Lord Hawke marines Morice Mount Edgcumbe Mount Wise Mutton-cove navy neighbourhood noble ships officers piles Port range of buildings reign relief of Gibraltar residences River Tamar roof ROYAL MARINE Royal William Victualling seamen shed side situate spacious Stoke Damerel stone Stonehouse strangers Superintendent tain Talavera Tamar Theatre timber Torpoint town of Plymouth Union-street upper deck vessels Western wharf wherein workmen wounded WOVE POST
Passatges populars
Pàgina 91 - ... depths ; at two-fifths and at four-fifths from the upper deck at the midship depth, and at one-fifth from the upper deck, at each of the two remaining depths. Length — At half the midship depth, measure the length of the vessel from the after part of the stem to the fore part of the stern post. Then add twice the midship depth to the depths at the foremost and aftermost points of division, for the sum of the depths ; and for the sum of the breadths, add together the upper and lower breadths...
Pàgina 91 - ... add together the upper and lower breadths at the foremost division, three times the upper breadth and the lower breadth at the midship division, and the...
Pàgina 20 - ... from their confidence in the strength of the building in which they are immured.
Pàgina 90 - At the foremost, the middle, and the aftermost of those Points of Division, measure in Feet and Decimal Parts of a Foot the Depths from the under Side of the Upper Deck to the Ceiling at the Limber Strake. In the Case of a Break in the Upper Deck, the Depths are to be measured from a Line stretched in a Continuation of the Deck. Breadths: Divide each of...
Pàgina 54 - Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep.
Pàgina 90 - ... of a foot, the depths from the under side of the upper deck to the ceiling at the limber strake. In the case of a break in the upper deck the depths are to be measured from a line stretched in a continuation of the deck. Breadths. Divide each of...
Pàgina 90 - At half the midship depth, measure the length of the vessel from the after part of the stem to the fore part of the stern post. Then add twice the midship depth to the depths at the foremost and aftermost points of division, for the sum of the depths ; and for the sum of the breadths, add...
Pàgina 58 - Majesty's admiration of the rock on which it stands, and the scenes around." i should imagine that the place bore the name Bunker's Hill previous to the visit of His Majesty, and that on his expressing admiration, &c., it was renamed King's Hill. WHK WRIGHT, FRHS Plymouth.
Pàgina 20 - Eddystone for many months, a proper quantity of salt provision is always laid up, as in a ship victualled for a long voyage. In high winds, such a briny atmosphere surrounds this gloomy solitude, from the dashing of the waves, that a man exposed to it could not draw his breath. At these dreadful intervals, the two forlorn...
Pàgina 91 - ... and midship divisions, the upper and twice the lower breadths at the aftermost division, and the single breadth measured at each of the two remaining divisions. Then multiply the sum of the depths by the sum of the breadths, and this product by the length, and divide the final product of 3,500, which will give the number of tons for register.