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- Cook's Journal: Daily Entries, 14 January 1769



... Greenwich Bearings At Noon Saturday 14 SSW & SWBS Time by the Watch Appar t time computed from observations Observed distce & nearest limbs Observed Alt d s Lower Limb Observed Altd s uper Limb - Correct Altd s Center Correct Altd Center The Longd resulting from each set of Obsern ...
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/cook/17690114.html
07/03/04, 16995 bytes
- William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine, F, page 528



... yard, which happens to be sprung or fractured. Thus their form, application, and utility are exactly like those of the splinters applied to a broken limb in surgery. Previous Page Reference Works Next Page © Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 129, 2004 Published by ...
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0528.html
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- William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine, L, page 815



- Page 815 Previous/Next Page William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine Reference Works ---------- LIMBER-ROPE to LOG-BOOK LIMBER-ROPE LIMBER-ROPE, a long rope, frequently retained in the limber-holes of a ship, and communicating from one to another, in order to clear them by pulling the rope backwards
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http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0815.html
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- William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine, L, page 805



- Page 805 Previous/Next Page William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine Reference Works ---------- LIE TO to LIMBER-BOARDS LIE TO To LIE to. See LYING-TO, &c. Previous Page Reference Works Next Page © Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 176, 2004 Published by South
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http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0805.html
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- William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine, L, page 813



- Page 813 Previous/Next Page William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine Reference Works ---------- LIMBERS LIMBERS, or LIMBER-HOLES, (parclosses, Fr.) certain square holes cut through the lower parts of a ship's floor-timbers, very near the keel. Being disposed in a line, parallel to the keel, they
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http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0813.html
07/03/04, 6398 bytes
- Cook's Journal: Daily Entries, 16 October 1768



... L s First part Calm, the remainder, Gentle breezes and fine pleasant weather. At 3 h 30° 39" Apparent time PM the observed dist ce of the & nearest Limbs was 52° 42' 30", the Alt. d of the 's Lower limb 32° 39' the Alt. d Lower Limb 58° 36'. The Longitude of the Ship from the foregoing observations ...
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/cook/17681016.html
07/03/04, 7008 bytes
- William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine, P, page 930



... , certain long narrow ships of canvas, daubed with tar, and frequently bound about a rope, in the same manner as bandages are applied to a broken limb in forgery. This is chiefly practised when the said rope is intended to be served, at which time the parceling is laid in spiral turns, as smoothly upon ...
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0930.html
07/03/04, 6733 bytes
- James Morrison's Account of Tahiti, Persons, page 40



... 's Account of Tahiti Indigenous Histories ---------- Persons The People in general are of the Common size of Europeans, the Men are Strong well limb’d and finely shaped — their Gait easey and Genteel and their Countenance Free Open and lively, never sullied by a sullen or Suspicious look ...
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/morrison/040.html
07/03/04, 6801 bytes
- William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine, L, page 814



- Page 814 Previous/Next Page William Falconer's Dictionary of the Marine Reference Works ---------- LIMBER-BOARDS LIMBER-BOARDS, short pieces of plank, which form a part of the ceiling, or lining of a ship's floor, close to the kelson, and immediately above the limbers. They are occasionally removed
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http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0814.html
07/03/04, 6274 bytes
- Voyages in the Southern Hemisphere, Vols. II - III, Description of the Inhabitants, page 445



... , Ornaments, Food, Cookery, and Manner of Life. THE stature of the men in general is equal to the largest of those in Europe: they are stout, well limbed, and fleshy; but not fat, like the lazy and luxurious inhabitants of the islands in the South Seas: they are also exceedingly vigorous and active; ...
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/hv23/445.html
07/03/04, 10346 bytes
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