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... pounds , or a dart of eighteen feet long , the space of half a mile . Caligula , the Roman emperor , also built a vessel , adorned with jewels in the poop , with sails of many colours , and furnished with large porticos , baths , and ...
... pounds , or a dart of eighteen feet long , the space of half a mile . Caligula , the Roman emperor , also built a vessel , adorned with jewels in the poop , with sails of many colours , and furnished with large porticos , baths , and ...
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... pounds , and , consequently , a ton is the weight of two thousand two hundred and forty pounds . Merchant ships are of different sizes and shapes ; some are not above forty or fifty feet long , fif- teen or sixteen broad , and nine or ...
... pounds , and , consequently , a ton is the weight of two thousand two hundred and forty pounds . Merchant ships are of different sizes and shapes ; some are not above forty or fifty feet long , fif- teen or sixteen broad , and nine or ...
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... pounds of food and drink , consequently a crew of 600 men will every day use 4800 lbs . of provisions : this cal- culation , however , is too low , the allowance for a six months ' cruise being a ton per man , or about 12 pounds per day ...
... pounds of food and drink , consequently a crew of 600 men will every day use 4800 lbs . of provisions : this cal- culation , however , is too low , the allowance for a six months ' cruise being a ton per man , or about 12 pounds per day ...
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... pounds weight , which they beat with light hammers , till it comes to a consistency . Several persons are sometimes employed in this way , one holding and turning the iron and hammering likewise , while the others ham- mer only , with ...
... pounds weight , which they beat with light hammers , till it comes to a consistency . Several persons are sometimes employed in this way , one holding and turning the iron and hammering likewise , while the others ham- mer only , with ...
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... pounds . The largest anchor of a first - rate man of war weighs about four tons , and is formed by join- ing together several bars of iron ; these , when red hot , unite into one , by hammering . When so large an anchor is to be forged ...
... pounds . The largest anchor of a first - rate man of war weighs about four tons , and is formed by join- ing together several bars of iron ; these , when red hot , unite into one , by hammering . When so large an anchor is to be forged ...
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Page 46 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Page 27 - Columbus was the first European who set foot in the new world which he had discovered. He landed in a rich dress, and with a naked sword in his hand. His men followed, and kneeling down, they all kissed the ground which they had so long desired to see.
Page 28 - Spaniards, felt warm, though extremely delightful. The inhabitants appeared, in the simple innocence of nature, entirely naked. Their black hair, long and uncurled, floated upon their shoulders or was bound in tresses around their heads.
Page 25 - For some days the sounding line reached the bottom, and the soil which it brought up indicated land to be at no great distance. The flocks of birds increased, and were composed not only of sea-fowl, but of such land birds as could not be supposed to fly far from the shore. The crew of the Pinta observed a cane floating, which seemed to have been newly cut, and likewise a piece of timber artificially carved. The sailors aboard the Nina took up the branch of a tree with red berries perfectly fresh.
Page 26 - Guttierez perceived it, and calling to Salcedo, comptroller of the fleet, all three saw it in motion, as if it were carried from place to place. A little after midnight, the joyful sound of land! land!
Page 46 - They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep : their soul melteth away because of the trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man : and are at their wits
Page 27 - They implored him to pardon their ignorance, incredulity, and insolence, which had created him so much unnecessary disquiet, and had so often obstructed the prosecution of his well-concerted plan ; and passing, in the warmth of their admiration, from one extreme to another, they now pronounced the man whom they had so lately reviled and threatened, to be a person inspired by Heaven with sagacity and fortitude more than human, in order COLUMBUS. LAND DISCOVERED. to accomplish a design so far beyond...
Page 28 - The vast machines, in which they had traversed the ocean, that seemed to move upon the waters with wings, and uttered a dreadful sound resembling thunder, accompanied with lightning and smoke, struck them with such terror, that they began to respect their new guests as a superior order of beings, and concluded that they were children of the Sun, who had descended to visit the earth.
Page 28 - The Spaniards, while thus employed, were surrounded by many of the natives, who gazed in silent admiration upon actions which they could not comprehend, and of which they did not foresee the consequences. The dress of the Spaniards, the whiteness of their skin, their beards, their arms, appeared strange and surprising.
Page 22 - Columbus, the fruit of thirty years' experience, improved by an acquaintance with all the inventions of the Portuguese, appeared immense. As soon as they put to sea, he regulated every thing by his sole authority ; he superintended the execution of every order ; and allowing himself only a few hours for sleep, he was at all other times upon deck. As his course lay through seas which had not formerly been visited, the sounding-line, or instruments for observation, were continually in his hands.