Sir John Franklin and the Arctic Regions ...G. H. Derby and Company, 1852 - 396 páginas |
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... mass of brash ice which covered the sea in every direction . " The attention of the seamen was in some degree di- verted from the contemplation of this scene of diffi- culty by the necessity of employing all hands at the pump , the leak ...
... mass of brash ice which covered the sea in every direction . " The attention of the seamen was in some degree di- verted from the contemplation of this scene of diffi- culty by the necessity of employing all hands at the pump , the leak ...
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... mass of ice getting under her keel ; at another , the fragments of the crumbling floe were piled up under the bows , to the great danger of the bowsprit . " The Dorothea was in no less imminent danger , es- pecially from the point of a ...
... mass of ice getting under her keel ; at another , the fragments of the crumbling floe were piled up under the bows , to the great danger of the bowsprit . " The Dorothea was in no less imminent danger , es- pecially from the point of a ...
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... mass , bearing the impression of the planks and bolts of the vessel's bottom . " Availing themselves of a break in the ice , the ships were moved to an anchorage between the islands con- tiguous to the Cloven Cliff ; and on the 28th of ...
... mass , bearing the impression of the planks and bolts of the vessel's bottom . " Availing themselves of a break in the ice , the ships were moved to an anchorage between the islands con- tiguous to the Cloven Cliff ; and on the 28th of ...
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... masses , which it has set in motion with a violence equal to its own , its effect is prodigi- ously increased . At ... mass , rocking and laboring in its bed , 58 PROGRESS OF ARCTIC DISCOVERY .
... masses , which it has set in motion with a violence equal to its own , its effect is prodigi- ously increased . At ... mass , rocking and laboring in its bed , 58 PROGRESS OF ARCTIC DISCOVERY .
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Peter Lund Simmonds. vidual mass , rocking and laboring in its bed , grinds against and contends with its opponent , until one is either split with the shock or upheaved upon the sur- face of the other . Nor is this collision confined to ...
Peter Lund Simmonds. vidual mass , rocking and laboring in its bed , grinds against and contends with its opponent , until one is either split with the shock or upheaved upon the sur- face of the other . Nor is this collision confined to ...
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Página 154 - Medal of the Bath and West of England Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, was unanimously voted to him.
Página 306 - Venerable, off the coast of Holland, the i2th of October, by log (nth1 three PM Camperdown ESE eight mile. Wind N. by E. Sir, I have the pleasure to acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that...
Página 146 - This indeed, was of no consequence, beyond the discomfort of first putting them on in this state, as they were sure to be thoroughly wet in a quarter of an hour after commencing our journey; while on the other hand, it was of vital importance to keep dry things for sleeping in. Being "rigged...
Página 280 - Sir John, where are the English fields, And where are the English trees, And where are the little English flowers That open in the breeze? Be still, be still, my brave sailors! You shall see the fields again, And smell the scent of the opening flowers; The grass, and the waving grain.
Página 73 - Previous to setting out the whole party ate the remains of their old shoes and whatever scraps of leather they had to strengthen their stomachs for the fatigue of the day's journey.
Página 130 - Never perhaps was witnessed a finer scene than on the deck of my little ship, when all hope of life had left us. Noble as the character of the British sailor is always allowed to be, in cases of danger, yet I did not believe it to be possible, that among forty-one persons, not one repining word should have been uttered.
Página 73 - It would be impossible for me to describe our sensations after entering this miserable abode, and discovering how we had been neglected : the whole party shed tears, not so much for our own fate, as for that of our friends in the rear, whose lives depended entirely on our sending immediate relief from this place.
Página 89 - An Act for more effectually discovering the longitude at sea, and encouraging attempts to find a northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to approach the North Pole.
Página 76 - Their spirits were revived by this small supply, and the Doctor endeavoured to raise them still higher by the prospect of Hepburn's being able to kill a deer next day, as they had seen, and even fired at, several near the house.
Página 177 - LORD, by whom we escape death. 21 GOD shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness. 22 The LORD hath said, I will bring my people again, as I did from Basan, mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep of the sea.