 The words - prolonged blast,- used in this article, shall mean a blast of from four to six seconds- duration. "A steam vessel shall be provided with an efficient whistle or siren, sounded by steam or by some substitute for steam , so placed that the sound...  A Manual of Elementary Seamanship - Page 128by David Wilson-Barker - 1909 - 243 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Naval art and science - 1880 - 1122 pages
...navigating the river shall be provided with a steam- whistle or other efficient steam sound signal, so placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and also with an efficient bell. " Fog-horn and bell. — Every sailing-vessel navigating the river shall... | |
 | John Fitch Cleveland, F. J. Ottarson, Alexander Jacob Schem, Edward McPherson, Henry Eckford Rhoades - Almanacs, American - 1897 - 676 pages
...duration. "A steam vessel shall be provided with an efficient whistle or siren, sounded by steam or by some substitute for steam, so placed that the sound...may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and with nn efficient fog horn, to be sounded by mechanical means, and also with an efficient bell. (In all... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1895 - 920 pages
...be provided with an efficient whistle or airen, sounded by steam or by some substitute for steam, HO placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and with an efficient fog horn, to be sounded by mechanical means, and also with an efficient bell, fin all cases where the... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 648 pages
...four to six seconds' dnration. A steam vessel shall be provided with an efficient whistle or siren, sounded by steam, or some substitute for steam, so placed that the sound ma/ not be intercepted by any obstruction, and with an envoient foghorn, to be sounded by mechanical... | |
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1894 - 950 pages
...so placed that, the sound may not bo intercepted by any obstruction, and with an efficient fog horn, to be sounded by mechanical means, and also with an efficient bell. [In all cases where the rules require a bell to bo used a drum may be substituted on board Turkish... | |
 | Reginald Godfrey Marsden - Accidents - 1880 - 380 pages
...navigating the river shall be provided with a steam-whistle or other efficient steam sound signal, so placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and also with an efficient bell. Every sailing-vessel navigating the river shall be provided with an efficient... | |
 | Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes - Canals - 1880 - 788 pages
...navigating the river shall bo provided with a steam whistle or other efficicnt steam sound signal, so placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and also with an efficient bell. Every sa,ling vessel navigating the river shall be provided with an efficient... | |
 | Frederic Philip Maude, Charles Edward Pollock - Maritime law - 1881 - 812 pages
...navigating the river shall be provided with a steam whistle or other efficient steam sound signal, so placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and also with an efficient boll. Every sailing vessel navigating the river shall be provided with an efficient... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - Seamanship - 1884 - 228 pages
...two minutes at least. (Art. 12, page 67.) : 32. — Where is the steam signal to be placed? A. — So placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction. (Art. 12, page 66.) A. — The regulations require that steam ships in a fog shall go at a moderate... | |
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