On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding Freights, Charter-parties, &c., &c |
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On the Stowage of Ships and Their Cargoes: With Information Regarding ... Robert White Stevens No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 320 - London, (the act of God, the queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature and kind soever, excepted,) unto order or to assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at 51.
Page 738 - ... area (except the first and last) by two ; add these products together, and to the sum add the first and last if they yield anything; multiply the quantity thus obtained...
Page 726 - ... of the common interval between the breadths; the product will give the mean Horizontal area of such space ; then measure the mean height...
Page 88 - Ship called the whereof is Master for this present Voyage and now riding at Anchor in the and bound for to say being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered in the like good order and well conditioned at the aforesaid Port of (the Act of God, the Queen's Enemies, Fire, and all and every other Dangers, and Accidents of the Seas, Rivers, and Navigation of whatever nature and kind soever excepted...
Page 89 - In witness whereof the master or purser of the said ship hath affirmed to three bills of lading, all of this tenor and date, the one of which three bills being accomplished, the other two to stand void, and so God send the good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen.
Page 726 - ... extending each measurement to the average thickness of that part of the ceiling which is between the points of...
Page 278 - Liverpool, the act of God, the Queen's enemies, fire, and all and every other dangers and accidents of the seas, rivers, and navigation, of whatever nature or kind soever, excepted, unto or order, or to their assigns.
Page 726 - No. 1 being at the extreme limit of the length at the bow, and the "last number at the extreme limit of the length at the stern; then, whether the length be divided according to the table into...
Page 598 - ... uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the ship, viz., from right ahead to two points abaft the beam...
Page 727 - Measure in feet the inside length of the space, at the middle of its height, from the plank at the side of the...