Three boats—two of them whaleboats twentyfour feet in length, and the third a light cedar dingy of thirteen feet—were mounted upon runners cut from the crossbeams of the vessel and bolted, to prevent the disaster of breakage. These runners were eighteen... United States Naval Institute Proceedings - Страница 3461884Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
| Elisha Kent Kane - 1856 - 524 страница
...upon runners cut from the cross-beams of the vessel and bolted, to prevent the disaster of breakage. These runners were eighteen feet in length, and shod...form a pliable sledge, and upon it the boats were cradled so as to be removable at pleasure. A fourth sledge, with a team of dogs, was reserved for the... | |
| Elisha Kent Kane - 1856 - 514 страница
...upon runners cut from the cross-beams of the vessel and bolted, to prevent the disaster of breakage. These runners were eighteen feet in length, and shod...form a pliable sledge, and upon it the boats were cradled so as to be removable at pleasure. A fourth sledge, with a team of dogs, was reserved for the... | |
| Elisha Kent Kane - 1856 - 504 страница
...upon runners cut from the cross-beams of the vessel and bolted, to preveut the disaster of breakage. These runners were eighteen feet in length, and shod...together so as to form a pliable sledge, and upon it the boate were cradled so as to be removable at pleasure. A fourth sledge, with a team of dogs, was reserved... | |
| Elisha Kent Kane - 1856 - 516 страница
...upon runners cut from the cross-beams of the vessel and bolted, to prevent the disaster of breakage. These runners were eighteen feet in length, and shod...No nails were used in their construction; they were lushed together so as to form a pliable sledge, and upon it the boats were cradled so as to be removable... | |
| Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1859 - 438 страница
...upon runners cut from the crossbeams of the vessel and bolted, to prevent the disaster of breakage. These runners were eighteen feet in length, and shod with hoop-iron. No nails were used in their construetion ; they were lashed together so as to fonn a pliable sledge, and upon it the boats were... | |
| m.e sarrau - 1884 - 1066 страница
...time was about seventy-five miles distant by dog -journey; but, nevertheless, the ice-bound crew pf the Advance entered into regular communication with...for the transport of the sick, four of whom, on the iSth of April, were still unable to move. About thirty-five miles southward of the brig there was an... | |
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