Picture No | 10032204 |
Date | 1873 |
Description | READING THE LOG - 3 |
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On board a troop ship bound for the East, a log line is used to measure the speed of the ship in knots, an operation known as reading or heaving the log.
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Source | Engraving by an unnamed artist in the Illustrated London News |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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