Word: charts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...charge of four hospitals, and by means of his hospital ship, the "Strathcona" cruises the length of the coast in summer, and during the winter covers great distances with dog-teams in his tours among the sparse and needy population. On one of his voyages he made the first chart of the coast which is in any way accurate. Dr. Grenfell is a magistrate, a holder of the Board of Trade certificate of competency as mater-mariner, an agent of Lloyds in pursuing seamen who wreck their vessels for the insurance, and an active opponent of the fraud, the oppression...
...important that the coxswains study the chart of the river and observe the rules decided on by the executive committee. All bumps must be made on the outside. Each crew must keep to the inside course in rounding a curve to give the crew behind a chance to bump. A crew that disregards this rule will be considered bumped. In order to identify the crews, the coxswains will wear large numbers on their backs, indicating the positions at which they started...
...speaker used a chart to show that the city would have to pay out annually for interest, sinking fund, and depreciation over $42,000,000. But as the net earnings of the roads are only $22,000,000 the city would have to face a net loss of $20,000,000 each year...
...chances of a good crew in these races may be spoiled by the careless work of a coxswain, it is important that all coxswains study the chart of the river and observe the rules decided on by the executive committee. All bumps must be made on the outside. In order to identify the crews the coxswains will wear large numbers on their backs...
...competency as master mariner. For the last twelve years Dr. Grenfell has been engaged in medical work among the natives and fishermen of Labrador, cruising in the summer the length of the coast in his steel hospital-ship, the "Strathcona." On one of these voyages he made the first chart of the coast which is in any way accurate. An athlete, and interested in all branches of college activity, Dr. Grenfell is peculiarly well-fitted to treat his subject from the point of view of interest to college...