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Definition of Patent log
1. Noun. A cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed.
Definition of Patent log
1. Noun. (nautical) A taffrail log ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patent Log
Literary usage of Patent log
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation and by Nathaniel Bowditch, George Wood Logan (1906)
"Though not a perfect instrument, the patent log affords the most accurate ...
Various causes may operate to produce inaccuracy of working in the patent log, ..."
2. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Artsby William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1808)
"Mr. Massey's patent log ; 14. Mr. Massey's Sound- ing Machine ; 15. Diagrams
illustrating the Problem respecting the Radius of Curvature ; 16. ..."
3. Simple Rules and Problems in Navigation by Charles Hurst Cugle (1918)
"patent log reads 18. At 3 PM Changed Course to 230° patent log 57 Deviation 2° W.
At 7 PM Changed Course to 180° Deviation 2° E. At 10 PM Changed Course to ..."
4. Simple Rules and Problems in Navigation by Charles Hurst Cugle, Bradley Jones (1919)
"patent log reads 18. At 3 PM Changed course to 230°. patent log 57. ... patent log
72. Deviation 8° W. At noon patent log read 24. Current set 40° (Corr. ..."
5. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1921)
"The speed of a ship may be measured by a patent log, of which there are many types,
... As the record of a patent log is one of distance and not of speed, ..."
6. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"patent log.—The screw or rotatory log of Edward Ma«scy. invented in 1802, came
into general use in 1836 and continued until ..."
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