engineer, 30
engine room telegraph, 19
fathom, 58
fender, 54
ferry boats, 78, 79
fireboat, 81
firemen, 30
fishing vessels, 66-70
forecastle, 10
gantries, 44
galley, 12
galleys, 33
Great Lakes Ships, 60-62
handy billy, 25
Hassler, Ferdinand, 84-86
hatch, 27
hawse pipe, 34
heaving line, 53
helm, 26
helmsman, 26
ice breaker, 62
International Code flags, 91
Jacob’s ladder, 26
junk, 39
jury rudder, 37
keelboat, 58
king posts, 27
knots, 29
leadline, 57, 58, 85
leeward, 25
lifeboat, 44-46, 73, 74
lifeline, 38
life raft, 41
lighter, 40
lights, 15
limey, 65
locks, 62
Mark Twain, 58
marlinspike, 29
mate, 14
merchant ship types, 64-65
messmen, 31
mizzenmast, 24, 29
monkey fist, 53, 54
navigating, 19
oiler, 30
oil tanker, 37-41
Old Bay Line, 76, 77
ore carriers, 60-62
outrigger, 39
paddleboats, 58, 80
papyrus reed canoe, 32
passenger ships, 70-79
pea coat, 10
pier, 27
pilot, 26, 57
pilot house, 26
poop deck, 28
port, 15
purse seine, 68
Queen Mary, 72
quartermaster, 26
radar, 56, 57, 77
radio man, 31
raft, 40
SOS, 82, 83
sailor, 12
sailor’s palm, 21
Samson posts, 27
Santa Maria, 33
schooner, 66, 67
scrimshaw, 49
sea anchor, 45
Seatrain, 42
sheepshank, 29
shroud, 28
sparks, 31
standing watch, 10-19
starboard, 15
stay, 28
steward, 31
storm oil, 45, 46
survey ships, 86-87
taffrail log, 28
tanker, 37-41
tides, 88
towboat, 54-59
trawler, 69
trireme, 33
tugs, 52-59
United States, 70-74
United States Coast Guard, 82, 83
United States Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey, 86-87
Viking ships, 39
watch, 12
whaler, 48-49
wharf, 27
wheel, 17
wheelhouse, 13-14, 17, 26
wildcat, 35
windlass, 35
windward, 25
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The saltiest thanks of the author and artist go to the following
who, in one way or another, have helped make this book possible:
Margaret Gossett; R. L. Jones of the Old Bay Line; Inez M. DeVille
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Penelope Spurr of the United
Fruit Company; Arthur L. Pleasants, Captain, USN; Samuel S. Yeaton,
Colonel, USN, Ret.; the Cleveland, Ohio, Chamber of Commerce: the
Lake Carriers Association, the Mariners’ Museum, Newport News,
Virginia; the National Maritime Union, CIO; the Norfolk Chamber of
Commerce; the Pennsylvania Railroad; the State of Washington;
Department of Fisheries; the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce;
Seatrain Lines, Inc.; the Standard Oil Company (New Jersey); the
State of New York, Department of Public Works; the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey; the United States Coast Guard; the
United States Lines; and finally to a modest AB and to many people
who have written careful, enthusiastic books about ships and
seafaring men.
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SHIPS AT WORK
_By_ Mary Elting
_Illustrated by_ Manning deV. Lee
Here is the colorful, exciting life of the sea--the men, the ships they
sail, the work they do, the cargoes they carry to the far corners of the
world--all vividly presented.
Freighters, tankers, ferries, tugs, and the many unusual ships that do
highly specialized jobs are shown in action. The work, the sailor’s
language, the kind of life a seaman lives, the use of recent inventions
(such as radar) all contribute to this fascinating picture of SHIPS AT
WORK. The newest and proudest of ocean liners, the “United States,” is
pictured and described as well as the humblest dugouts and sailing
vessels of ancient times.
The illustrator, famous for his marine paintings, has combined beauty
with clear, sharp detail. His many full-color pictures in this book give
added interest to your seafaring knowledge.
You will find this book an exciting companion to TRAINS AT WORK, TRUCKS
AT WORK, MACHINES AT WORK.
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MACHINES AT WORK
_By_ Mary Elting
_Illustrated by_ Laszlo Roth
[Illustration]
There are machines to dig, to hammer, to push--to do every kind of heavy
job and to make work thousands of times easier and faster.
On farms, in the mines, in cities where huge buildings are built and out
in the woods where powerdriven saws slice through great trees, many
kinds of special machines do many kinds of remarkable jobs.
Can you imagine a giant shovel so huge that it took 45 freight cars to
haul it from factory to mine? Do you know that there is a machine that
plucks the feathers off chickens, ones that pick corn, dig potatoes?
Inventors of machines work on everything--they even had fun making a
mechanical mouse that can sniff about until it finds a piece of “cheese”
and then “remember” and run straight to it next time!
As marvelous and complicated as all these machines are, the author
points out that no inventions will ever be as wonderful as the men who
invented them--and the men who make them work.
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