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MORE RS ELR SRPTEMBER 26, IQOI. THE MARINE RECORD. SUN’S AMPLITUDES, . # that a point in a line between Bar Point and Colchester 5 NOTES. The following approximate amplitudes of the Sun’s ris- ing or setting will be given each week in this column dur- ing the season of navigation. A second bearing may be taken by compass at sunset, by reversing the east bearing given for the nearest latitude, as the change in declination for a few hours makes but a slight difference in the true bearing of the sun’s setting. The bearing may be taken when the sun’s center is on the horizon, rising or setting. The elements which may be obtained by taking these am- plitudes are the quantities known as local attraction, va- riation and deyiation, or the total difference between com- pass and true, or geographical’ bearings. LAKE ERIE AND S. END LAKE MICHIGAN, LAT. 42° N Date. Amplitude. Bearing P’ts. Bearing Comp. Sept;27....B. 29S, = S. 73H. =E; % S. Sept. 30....E. 4°S.=S.7% HE. =E. % S. Oct. EB. 5°S.=8.7% ESE. ¥% S. LAKE ONTARIO, S. END HURON AND CENTRAL PORTION LAKE MICHIGAN, LAT. 44° N. Date. Amplitude. Bearing P’ts. Bearing Comp. Dept. 27.05 es 2 See Sy 7s, = B.S, Sept. 30....E. 4°S =S.7% HE. =E.% S. Oct. EB. 6°S.=S.7%H.=E. ¥% S. N. END LAKES HURON AND, MICHIGAN, LAT. 46° N Date. Amplitude. Bearing P’ts. Bearing Comp. Sept. 27....E. 2°S.=Si777 Be EY S. Sept. 39....E. 4°S.=S.7% E.=E. % S. Och a:30658- 6? S'S). 7 ne 6S) LAKE SUPERIOR, LAT. 48° N Date. Amplitude. Beating P’ts. Bzaring Comp. Sept 27.1... BH. 25S = 8S. 737 BH = EY YS: Septs30.. 6H3:/4°9-S..== S.. 7% E. = B..% S. OPE niSaciu ha O> Ou. Gas. B. = B.S. With a compass correct magnetic, the difference between the observed. and true bearing or amplitude will be the variation for the locality. Should there be any deviation on the course the vessel is heading at the time of taking the bearing, the difference between the observed and the true amplitude after the variation is applied will be the “amount of deviation on that course. If the correct magnetic bearing is to the right of the compass bearing, the devia- tion is easterly, if to the left, the deviation is westerly. ————<—@@_|]_ aa _—_————"_ INACCURATE ‘NOTICES TO MARINERS.” We are in receipt of the following letter with liberty. to publish: | ‘ DEPARTMENT OF MARINE AND FISHERIES, OTTawa, CANADA, September 17th, Igor. The Editor Marine Record, Cleveland, Ohio. My attention was drawn today, on my return to Ottawa, to the editorial in yours of the 29th August last, criticising CHIEF ENGINEER’S eras the wording of matter in Canadian Notice to Mariners No. 59 of 1901, issued by this Department. - As the notice which you criticise was copied word for word from the United States Hydrographic Office Notice to Mariners No. 32 of 1931, it appears to me that it would have been more just as well as more generous to have re- frained from bringing this Department so prominently for- ward as the culprit. Moreover I cannot agree with you that such notices, containing errors, are best left out of type. I have no doubt that the majority of your clients will explain to you that it is important that they should have early intimation of any changes affecting navigation, and will for- give a good deal of literary inaccuracy if they can secure promptness of publication. Sailors will further tell you Point, 4% miles from the former, is located with enticien! accuracy for their purposes. Yours obediently, Wm; P. ANDERSON, Chief Engineer. We commend the standpoint taken by Col. Anderson in repudiating criticism directed to his Department. The ‘editorial referred to leaned particularly and exclusively towards the U. S. Hydrographic Office and the Light-House Board, simply stating that the inaccuracies were accentuated by publication in the Canadian ‘‘Notices to Mariners.”” We have yet to hear from the U.S. Hydrographer, Navy Depart- ment, Washington, D. C. THE EFFECT OF THE YACHT RACES. In Outing for September Mr. John R. Spears takes a large view of the effect of the America’s cup races on maritime affairs in general. The interest in the races, he says, has turned the ote tion of more.and more people to the sea. The heart of the backwoodsman and of the cowboy or the shepherd on the plains has thrilled at the report of American superiority in the pleasure ship. This stirring of their pride made men consider in the days when our naval ships were a disgrace to us whether we ought not to excel in warships as well as in yachts. And now our navy, ship for ship, fears. not to face any navy in Europe. Our yachting victories turned our thoughts als? to our merchant marine, and a time has come when a Crowninshield not only designs a famous racer. but he designs and helps to build a merchant ship that is to be in some respects one of the most remarkable in the-his- tory of the sea. He not only designed Independence, but he designed and is part owner of the first seven masted schooner, a steel vessel to carry 6,000 tons dead weight, that is now in course of construction. Nor is that all. An honored commodore of the New York Yacht Club, a man who made his business career in connection with railroads, a man whose money has been poured out with unstinting hand in defense of the America’s cup, has reached out re cently for the trans-Atlantic trade—has bought so many steamers in that trade that the owners of other lines have been frightened into a ‘‘combine’’ to maintain ‘‘British su- premacy”’ upon the high seas. The America’s cup, as a British offered prize, was but an unconsidered trifle in the affairs of a few yachtsmen. It was worth 100 ounces of silver—in those days less'than $500. But in its effect on yachts and yachting and on ships and shipping—more important still in its effects on American men and maritime policy—who can calculate the results? ———_-- rrr THE New York Marine Journal says: ‘‘A voyage was for- merly any journey, whether by sea or land, it did not mat- ter. Now it means ‘a passage by water from one place, port or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water toa distant place or couritry.’ According to careful usage, a trip implies a shorter journey than a voyage. You would make a trip across the North river or to Glen Island, but not a voyage. When it comes to long distances; either word is employed. For example, you may take a trip to Europe or around the world, or a voyage to Europe or around the world. It is splitting hairs to discriminate.’’ In ordinary parlance, a passage means passing from one port : to another, while a voyage is understood to be the round cruise, or several passages. launched, from Zealand’s ship yards, Hamilton, Ont., Tur British Admiralty has given instructions that the Belleville water-tube boilers are to be fitted with valves of forged bronze, with spindles. This order applies to war- ships about to be refitted and also to vessels hereafter deliv- ered by contractors. ACCORDING to The British Medical Journal, a league has been formed in Paris with the object of collecting infornia- tion in regard to seasickness, and also to train specialists who will practice on all steamers, The league has issued @ journal called Du Mal de Mer. A congress will be held in the autumn: At Ostendan exhibition of inventions for the prevention and treatment of seasickness’ has been opened under the patronage of the King of the Belgians... ' Tae Arctic steamer Erik, in command of Lieut. R. E. Péary, U. S.N. from Cape Sabine, Ellesmere Land, Aug. 29, has arrived at North Sydney, C. B., all well. Ina letter dated at Conger, April 4, 1901, Lieut. Petey summarized the results of his year’s work as follows: First—The rounding of the northern limit of the Greenland archipelago, the most notherly known land. Second—The highest latitude yet attained in the Western Hemisphere (83 degrees 50 north). Third—The determination of the origin of the so-ealled paleocrystic ice, etc.”’ THE large steel barge, built) by the Hamilton Bridge Co., for the Montreal Transportation Co., was successfully on Saturday. The boat was christened Hamilton, by Miss Enid Hendrie, daughter of Mayor John S. Hendrie, who is pres- ident of the bridge company. The barge is 280 feet in length, with a capacity of 75,000 bushels and was built at a cost.of $50,000, .It is probable contracts will be placed for one or.two others of even larger dimensions at an early date. Fully 5,000 people, including a number of invited guests from Montreal, Kingston, Toronto and other placcs, wit- nessed the launch. In an article in the North American Review, the late Sir Walter Besant discusses the Burden of the New Century. Speaking of the increased rapidity of communication, he asks: ‘‘Is thereno simpler machinery than the steam-driven’ screw and the paddle? Perhaps. Consider the action of a duck; she flies over the water; she does not plough through it; she presents a smooth, round breast, and she beats the surface rapidly with her strong pinions. The ship of the future will be shallow and round in build, like the duck; she will be provided with a row of wing-like propellers; she will not plough the waters, but will skim them with her electric wings and her speed will be, not 30 krots, but 150.”’ f es bg see anvELoUs 4 THE NEW BAUSCH & LOMB-ZEISS BISTERE Binocular Glasses. Used by the Armies and Navies of the World. Invaluable for Tourists, Sportsmen and Every-day Use. Booklet Free. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y. New York. Chicago. For sale by all dealers. % “ee yf 32 iy ik SPD ww a DT a ir bs eon se eee Sages acu BF yg a 28 Ba cetera. TE ed at Doh Aaa incoad S08 MARINE ENGINES PROPELLER WHEELS DECK HOISTERS, . > 2 2 @ 312 ATWATER STREET, DETROIT, MICH. 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