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Succades
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
Sweetmeats entered at the custom-house; formerly a large part of the cargo of spanish west indiamen.
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Succour, английский
An enterprise undertaken to relieve a place besieged or blockaded, by either forcing the enemy from before it, or throwing in supplies.
Submarine thermometer, английский
An instrument for trying the temperature of the sea at different depths. it consists of a hollow weighted cylinder in which a six`s thermometer is placed; the cylinder being provided with a valve at each end, opening upwards, so that as it sinks the valves open, allowing a free course of water through the cylinder: when it reaches the required depth the line is checked and the valves close; it is then hauled gently in, and the thermometer reaches the surface surrounded by water of the required depth, indicating its temperature.
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