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" As he had not hands enough remaining to quarter a sufficient number to each great gun in the customary manner, he therefore on his lower tier fixed only two men to each gun, who were to be solely employed in loading it, whilst the rest of his people were... "
The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Earliest Times to the Rising of ... - Página 221
por Frederic Hervey - 1779
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AN IMPARTIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE CONDUCT OF THE SEVERAL POWERS OF EUROPE ...

RICHARD ROLT - 1749 - 548 páginas
...therefore, on his lower tier, appointed only two men to each gun, who were to be folely employed in loading it, whilft the reft of his people were divided into...fire fuch guns as were loaded. By this management, Commodore Anfon was enabled to make ufe of all his guns ; and, infiead of whole broad-fides, with intervals...
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A New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels: Containing ..., Volumen3

John Knox - 1767 - 530 páginas
...loading it, -whilft the reft of his people, divided toto different gangs of ten or twelve men each, were continually moving about the decks, to run out and fire fuch guns as were loaded. By this managemenc he was enabled to make ufe of all his guns ; and inftead of broad-fides, he kept up a conftant...
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A General History of Voyages and Travels to the End of the 18th ..., Volumen11

Robert Kerr - 1814 - 584 páginas
...tire, fixed only two men to each gun, who were to be solelv employed in loading it, whilst the rest of his people were divided into different gangs of ten or twelve men each, who were constantly moving about the decks, to run out and fire such guns as were loaded. By this managemenl'he...
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A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the ..., Volumen4

R. P. Forster - 1818 - 592 páginas
...tier, fixed only two men to each gun, who were to be solely employed in loading it, whilst the rest of his people were divided into different gangs of ten or twelve men each, which were constantly moving about the decks, to run out and fire such guns as were loaded. By this...
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The English Circumnavigators: The Most Remarkable Voyages Round the World by ...

David Laing Purves - 1874 - 856 páginas
...tier, fixed only two men to each gun, who were to be solely employed in loading it, whilst the rest of his people were divided into different gangs of ten or twelve men each, who were constantly moving about the decks, to nm out and fire such guns as were loaded. By this management...
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The sea: its stirring story of adventure, peril & heroism. [4 vols., publ ...

Frederick Whymper - 1883 - 712 páginas
...tier fixed only two men to each gun, who were to be solely employed in loading it, whilst the rest of his people were divided into different gangs of...continually moving about the decks, to run out and fire such guns as were loaded. By this management he was enabled to make use of all his guns ; and instead...
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From Middy to Admiral of the Fleet: The Story of Commodore Anson Re-told to Boys

James Macaulay - 1891 - 426 páginas
...tier fixed only two men to each gun, who were to be solely employed in loading it, whilst the rest of his people were divided into different gangs of...continually moving about the decks to run out and fire such guns as were loaded. By this management he was enabled to make use of all his guns, and instead...
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Britain's Sea Story, B.C. 55-A.D. 1805: Being the Story of British Heroism ...

Ernest Edwin Speight, Robert Morton Nance - 1906 - 448 páginas
...tier, fixed only two men to each gun, who were to be solely employed in loading it, whilst the rest of his people were divided into different gangs of...continually moving about the decks, to run out and fire such guns as were loaded. By this management he was enabled to make use of all his guns ; and instead...
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Anson's Voyage Round the World

Richard Walter, George Anson Baron Anson - 1928 - 574 páginas
...tire, fixed only two men to each gun, who were to be solely employed in loading it, whilst the rest of his people were divided into different gangs of ten or twelve men each, which were constantly moving about the decks, to run out and fire such guns as were loaded. By this...
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Buccaneers of the Pacific

George Wycherley - 1928 - 536 páginas
...fixed only two men to each gun, to be wholly employed in loading it, whilst [407] the rest of the men were divided into different gangs of ten or twelve men each, who were constantly moving about the decks, to run out and fire such guns as were loaded. By this management,...
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