Ships & Ways of Other Days
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" But the reader must be cautious not to accept the speed given as conclusive. One of the greatest drawbacks to naviga- tion in those days was the absence of any instrument which would record the speed through the water. The log had yet to be invented, and the mariner could only make a conjectural estimate of the ship's speed by looking over the side and noting the time it took the bubbles to come aft from the bow, or by throwing a piece of wood overboard from the bows and noticing how long it ...took for the stern to be abreast of that object. Many a steamship traveller gambling on the ship's speed does the same thing to-day ; many a fore-and-aft sailorman with no patent log still employs a similar method.
Columbus's journal shows the kind of helmsman which he had to put up with. On September 9, when the ship's course was west, the narrator on board wrote : " The sailors steered badly, letting the ship fall off to N. E. , and even more ; respecting which the Admiral complained many times.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" But the reader must be cautious not to accept the speed given as conclusive. One of the greatest drawbacks to naviga- tion in those days was the absence of any instrument which would record the speed through the water. The log had yet to be invented, and the mariner could only make a conjectural estimate of the ship's speed by looking over the side and noting the time it took the bubbles to come aft from the bow, or by throwing a piece of wood overboard from the bows and noticing how long it ...took for the stern to be abreast of that object. Many a steamship traveller gambling on the ship's speed does the same thing to-day ; many a fore-and-aft sailorman with no patent log still employs a similar method.
Columbus's journal shows the kind of helmsman which he had to put up with. On September 9, when the ship's course was west, the narrator on board wrote : " The sailors steered badly, letting the ship fall off to N. E. , and even more ; respecting which the Admiral complained many times.
What to read after Ships & Ways of Other Days?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by E Keble Edward Keble Chatterton to read onlineMoreLess
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