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    met in the Thames barge by stepping the mast in a tabernacle and using a windlass on the foredeck to strike the whole lot, mast, sprit, sails and rigging...
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    vessel, precisely adjusting the aim using an anchor cable attached to a windlass, and by using fine adjustments in the amount of gun powder to correct the...
    15 KB (1,774 words) - 13:58, 14 April 2024
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    hull, cables were employed, fitted in the keel and stretched by means of windlasses. Hence the triremes were often called "girded" when in commission. During...
    51 KB (8,470 words) - 18:48, 31 August 2024
  • sceptre, and a coat of arms are beneath her feet. Erasmus holding a windlass F Crab with crucifix as an attribute of Saint Francis Xavier Cross of Saint...
    92 KB (1,802 words) - 10:29, 11 November 2024
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    100 longest caves in the United States. Other caves in the cove include Windlass Cave, Bristow Cave, Mill Cave, Run to the Mill Cave, and Milksick Cave...
    10 KB (1,168 words) - 04:55, 18 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thames sailing barge
    in tabernacles so they can be lowered to pass under bridges; the anchor windlass is used to lower and raise the gear via triple blocks. This takes considerable...
    47 KB (6,592 words) - 18:16, 16 February 2024
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    (with Hurry & Crispin of Gosport), improved method of making and working windlasses; 3130, 10 May 1808, fire-escapes. Harriott was three times married, and...
    7 KB (956 words) - 18:01, 1 April 2024
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    cranes to be powered manually by windlasses with radiating spokes, cranks and by the 15th century also by windlasses shaped like a ship's wheel. To smooth...
    83 KB (10,817 words) - 15:45, 16 November 2024
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    the invariable presence aboard any koch of two or more iceboats and of a windlass with anchor rope. Each iceboat had the cargo capacity of 1.5 to 2.0 metric...
    7 KB (1,040 words) - 18:26, 12 November 2023
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    (hypozōmata) were employed, fitted in the keel and stretched by means of windlasses. Hence the triremes were often called "girded" when in commission. The...
    49 KB (6,838 words) - 18:18, 25 October 2024
  • yacht (large) Schooner Sportsboat Tall ship Aftercastle Anchor Anchor windlass Beakhead Bilge Bilgeboard Boom brake Bow Bowsprit Capstan Cathead Centreboard...
    13 KB (1,124 words) - 07:48, 19 October 2024
  • Recreation Road, Ash Hollow State Historical Park R-35B — — — — Garden — — Windlass Hill Recreation Road, Ash Hollow State Historical Park R-37A — — — — Gosper...
    95 KB (340 words) - 18:14, 30 March 2024
  • scarlet topsail, I was more struck by the anchors, and the capstans and windlasses, and the stern cabins. The crew was like a small army. And they were saying...
    5 KB (400 words) - 23:54, 15 June 2024
  • or hawsers. bitt heads The tops of two massive timbers that support the windlass on a sailing barge. bitter end The last part or loose end of a rope or...
    310 KB (38,903 words) - 15:21, 20 November 2024
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    first to recommend amputation above the gangrenous area, and to describe a windlass (twisting stick) tourniquet. His Swiss wife and assistant Marie Colinet...
    77 KB (8,696 words) - 19:51, 6 November 2024
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    the Arabian Gulf (Red Sea), by the coast of the Sea of Erythrias. The windlasses for beaching the ships can still be seen. He deployed these ships as needed...
    22 KB (2,797 words) - 09:49, 28 October 2024
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    one rudder. Sampson post: a strong vertical post which supports a ship's windlass and the heel of its bowsprit, also used to making off mooring lines. Scuppers:...
    37 KB (5,303 words) - 08:11, 8 September 2024
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    Cloverdale Road SR 656 (Bremo Road) Franklin 1.88 3.03 SR 616 (Morewood Road) Windlass Road Dead End Frederick 13.48 21.69 Dead End Woodchuck Lane Poorhouse Road...
    35 KB (1,791 words) - 19:17, 24 May 2024
  • with speed increased to 10.5 kt, and equipped with deep water anchor windlass. Propulsion efficiency is improved by adopting double speed gearbox matched...
    10 KB (1,067 words) - 01:05, 14 July 2023
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    retrieval is expected. Traditional fishing reels are essentially compact windlasses with a "direct-drive" design, while modern reels since the Industrial...
    53 KB (6,497 words) - 04:14, 29 August 2024