This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...of the required color, remove the cap, and draw out the wooden plug quickly, the light will instantly burst into brilliant flame. Fig. 1. A Now, if A, coming nearly into collision with B, could tell her which way to put her helm so as to agree with the movement she herself was making, less presence of mind on either ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 Excerpt: ...of the required color, remove the cap, and draw out the wooden plug quickly, the light will instantly burst into brilliant flame. Fig. 1. A Now, if A, coming nearly into collision with B, could tell her which way to put her helm so as to agree with the movement she herself was making, less presence of mind on either side would be required, and there would be'much greater certainty of avoiding accident. Let me take a single case illustrative of the uses of these lights. A and B discover each other on their starboard bows. B, being possessed of better eyes, and keeping a sharper lookout than A, forms an idea of A's course, and, following his common sense, starboards his helm. But B's lights are both bad, and badly placed, so A, laboring under his other disadvantages, is very far from clear about B's course; he therefore goes according to Act of Parliament, ports his helm, and comes into collision about the point C. Poor B of course goes to the wall in the Admiralty Court, or under a Board of Trade inquiry, because it is difficult to get at any distinct fact except that A ported her helm and B did not. B, profiting by his experience, practices calling out "hard a-port" as a legal solution of every difficulty and no doubt finds it answer. Now, if B, being quite certain of A's course, and of the proper mode of avoiding her, namely, by starboarding his helm, had been able to announce to A, by burning a green warning light, that she was doing this, or about to do so, A's doubts would have vanished, and, moreover, had she now ported her helm and brought about a collision, B would prove having displayed the warning signal, and A would legally as well as actually suffer damage. Or again, if A, being in doubt, ports her helm according to regulation and burns...
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