The Wireless Age, Volume 1Marconi Publishing Corporation, 1912 - Radio |
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Page 813 - ... is bound to communicate the information by all the means at his disposal to ships in the vicinity, and also to the competent authorities at the first point on the coast with which he can communicate.
Page 458 - ... considers that the sheltered nature and conditions of the voyage are such as to render the application of the full requirements of...
Page 775 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame, nothing but well and fair, 1 marish] marsh And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 931 - If this section is not complied with in the case of any emigrant ship, the master of the ship shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds.
Page 353 - The logarithm of a product is equal to the sum of the logarithms of its factors.
Page 353 - The logarithm of any power of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number multiplied by the exponent of the power.
Page 813 - Convention for the unification of certain rules with regard to Assistance and Salvage at Sea, signed at Brussels on the 23rd September, 1910, particularly the obligation to render assistance imposed by Article 11 of that Convention.
Page 931 - Kingdom being a passenger steamer or a ship of sixteen hundred tons gross tonnage or upwards shall be provided with a wireless telegraph installation, and shall maintain a wireless telegraph service which shall be at least sufficient to comply with the rules made for the purpose under this Act, and shall be provided with one or more certified operators and watchers, at least in accordance with those rules : Provided that the...
Page 813 - ... at his disposal to the ships in the vicinity, and also to the competent authorities at the first point of the coast with which he can communicate. Every Administration which receives intelligence of dangerous ice or a dangerous derelict shall take all steps which it thinks...
Page 740 - ... words per minute. 132. Question (a) shall determine the applicant's practical knowledge and experience in handling radio apparatus. An applicant's experience will be determined largely from the personal question sheet and from satisfactory letters or references submitted. Experience, operating first-class amateur apparatus, or the apparatus provided in good training schools, will be given a reasonable value, but applicants who have had experience as apprentices at commercial shore stations or...