Brown, Son & Ferguson
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An Introduction to Safety at Sea
This book about the seaworthiness of ships, deals with fundamental principles. It has been written by a marine surveyor of wide experience to fulfill the need for a succinct account of the development of seaworthiness in all branches since the days of sailing ships. The difficulties of reaching national agreement on marine safety measures during the...
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Bernards Nautical Star Chart
This chart gives every star contained in the Nautical Almanac whose declination does not exceed 70 degrees North or South. The principal Navigating Stars are printed in red, whilst the various constellations are very clearly described on the margins of the chart. At the back of the chart there has been printed a table containing Navigating Stars, giving...
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Browns Flags & Funnels of...
Of the many and far-reaching developments in shipping since the last edition of this book, three in particular have had a major impact on the ninth edition. The reduction of the United Kingdom merchant fleet to a mere 300 trading vessels over 500 gross tons, and the disappearance of the vast majority of established European and American liner...
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Browns International Code of...
Single Letter Signals and their meanings. Urgent and Important Signals, Numerical Pendants, Substitutes. Printed in Color, Laminated, Mounted on Board, Ready to Hang 420 X 297 mm (A3) ISBN:
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Browns Nautical Almanac 2012
Completely revised each year. Well known in every port throughout the world. Published annually in October for the following year. Some articles printed in the last few years: True Rhumbline Distance (WGS-84 Calculations (13 pages), Trans-oceanic Passages by Rhumbline Sailing - Method A1NA2, Difference in Nautical Miles between True Rhumbline Distance...
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Browns Nautical Star Chart
A Practical Star Chart, 914 X 584 mm, for the Practical Seaman, constructed on Mercator's principle, showing all the stars used in navigation. The brightest stars are conspicuously marked with yellow. The chart can be used at any time in any part of the world to find what stars will be visible, or to identify an unknown star, and forms an excellent...
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Browns Rule of the Road Manual
Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, Table showing Color and Range of Lights carried by different types of vessels, Instructions to Examiners and Notice to Candidates, Flash and Sound Signals, A Cross-Examination. To determine in which way a Steam Vessel is Heading. To determine in which way a Sailing Vessel is Heading. Questions and Answers....
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Browns Tidal Streams
In this new expanded edition which has been completely revised using the most up to date information available, from the Hydrographic Dept. The charts show how the tides are running at any hour round the British Isles and the North Sea. It is essential for safe navigation that great care be taken at all times to be aware of and allow for the effects of...
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Browns Tide, Distance and Speed...
Currently the 2011 Edition. Completely revised each year. Well known in every port throughout the world. Published annually in October for the following year. Some articles printed in the last few years: True Rhumbline Distance (WGS-84 Calculations (13 pages), Trans-oceanic Passages by Rhumbline Sailing - Method A1NA2, Difference in Nautical Miles...
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Browns Vick Semaphore Cards
Pack of cards, giving Sign on one side and Letter on the other. The large sales prove the advantage of learning by these cards. ISBN:
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Business and Law for the Mariner
The purpose of this book is to inform mariners about the law. •What law applies to the mariner. •How it applies to the ship and its cargo. •How the cargo and the ship are insured. •What the mariner will need to consider in an emergency. •What the mariner will need to consider to help protect the owner of the vessel. •How to employ seamen and what needs...
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Cargo Work
This is the 12th Edition of this book, updated and completely revised to cover, as far as is possible in a changing progressive industry, the widest spectrum of cargo handling and the attendant services which this requires. As such, it aims to reflect the interests and needs of shippers to obtain the most efficient, effective and profitable means of...
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Chief Officers Logbook, Log Book...
For Chief Officers. One day's work on a page. ISBN:
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Dictionary of Nautical Words and...
This book has been compiled to embody, in one volume, the words and terms that are, or have been, used by seamen in connection with their work. It deals with navigation, seamanship, rigging, meteorology, astronomy, naval architecture, average, ship economics, hydrography, cargo stowage, marine engineering, ice terminology, buoyage and other nautical...
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Dictionary of Old Sea Terms
Sea terms are mostly of ancient origin, but since the turn of the century, when the first edition of this Dictionary was compiled, many new materials and techniques have come into use; for example, Glass Re-enforced Plastic for building, and the internal combustion engine for propelling vessels. Nearly all the sailing craft mentioned in the Dictionary...
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Elements of Modern Ship...
This latest book by David House is an extensively illustrated work covering all aspects of ship design and construction. Continual changes in the history of ship design have been brought about by the needs of trade, class and legislation. This current work provides a glossary of shipyard terminology and shipboard elements up to the 21st century. The...
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Hansens Improved Ex-Meridian Tables
Latitude by ex-Meridian altitudes is as necessary as observations for longitude, but as the sights should be frequent to ensure accuracy, the ordinary methods are tedious. The general principle upon which the tables are calculated is that the corrections in each following table is slightly less than in the previous, the difference between any two...
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How to Remember the...
How to Remember the International Signal Flags and Morse Code Card ISBN:
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Magnetic Compass Deviation and...
In addition to dealing with the properties of magnets and the earth's magnetism, three chapters are devoted to the magnetism of the ship, the third explaining in detail the reason for, and composition of, the "nine rods". The relation of the components P, Q and R and the rods to the various coefficients are fully explained. This publication has a great...
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Manual of Oil Tanker Operations
This publication has been written by senior Nautical College lecturers who have responsibility for tanker elements of the Deck Officer academic requirements, as well as statutory and industry tanker training courses. They have extensive practical experience of tanker operations as senior deck officers. The book is aligned closely to the knowledge...
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Marine Gyro Compasses for Ships...
Modern marine gyro compasses are well proven and give excellent service with a minimum of attention and maintenance by the operator. They have, on most merchant and naval vessels, become the primary directional reference, leaving the magnetic compass very much the reliable stand-by. But as with the magnetic compass the prudent navigator must understand...
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Marine Surveyors Notebook
Of interest to Superintendent Engineers and Consulting Engineers. Please Note This publication is subject to VAT. Customers who reside in European Community Countries out with the U.K. should read the following notes. The E.E.C rulings ISBN:
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Marline Spike Seamanship
A fully illustrated work by a professional rigger, covering:- •Tools •Marline-Spike •Knotting •Serving •Worming •Parcel and Whippings •Spunyarn for Serving •Joining •Under and Over Style Splicing •Splicing Extra Special Wire •Preparing Wire Hawser or Towing Eye and Attenuation •Liverpool-styled Eye-Splice •Short Splice: Reduced Eye •Flemish Eye •Cut...
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Mathematical Notes and Examples...
The Board of Trade's Examination for Second Mates now includes a paper entirely devoted to Mathematics. The Merchant Navy Training Board's Mathematics Syllabus for Apprentices and Cadets has rightly set what is, in some respects, a slightly higher standard than the bare requirements for the Second Mates' examination. Contains section of revision test...
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McGibbons Pictorial Drawing Book
The Pictorial Drawing Book was published originally to meet the requirements of the Marine Engineer's D.O.T. Examinations, at the time when pictorial views were first used for the test piece in drawing. Like most examinations the standard has advanced considerably, and it now bears little resemblance to the requirements of a few years ago. For this...
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