Word: fogs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...relieve the helmsman entirely and keep the ship on course. No leadsman need stand in the bow to take soundings, for the navigator has an acoustic-electric fathometer to tell him, at the press of a button, how much water is beneath the hull. Radar eyes pierce night and fog...
...three or four minutes to scan the sea ahead. He is equally alert to the danger and the beauty of the North Atlantic, and the slightest change of light brings him to his feet. "Look at that, sir. Look at that patch of sunlight to the right of the fog bank ahead. Did you ever see anything like that?" he roars, his sea-blue eyes glowing at the sight. After 44 years at sea he still acts like a man from the Rockies seeing blue water for the first time...
...fog or bad weather the Captain does not leave the bridge. He has stood 53 consecutive hours on the bridge of the Queen Mary, 55 on the Elizabeth. Once on the Ascania he stood 75 hours without sleep. As a precaution against collision, the Mary has two radar installations. Captain Illingworth welcomes them, but he does not deputize even to radar his task of watching the sea. "In the North Atlantic trade we have a saying: 'We blow the fog horn for five hot-weather months and blow on our fingers to keep warm the other seven.' When...
Fire engine chasers will have a new engine to chase next Sunday when High Pressure Fog, Number 1 goes into service. Formerly used by the U. S. Navy, Cambridge's newest addition at Central Fire Headquarters opposite Mem Hall works best against oil and gasoline fires according to Fire Captain Timothy F. White...
Carrying two reels of 3/4 inch high pressure hose, the fog wagon can pump 60 gallons of water per minute through two gun type nozzles. "Turning disks inside the nozzles," White said "atomize the water and create a stream of fog which extends 20 feet." In especially close work the fireman can turn on a protective spray which provides a water shield. A five ton winch which can be used to pull down walls and for hauling cars out of rivers is another feature of the new engine...