Show HOUR GLASS ON MEN OF WAR universally used on ships of the britell brit ish navy i among things not generally known Is the fact that the hour glass Is verbally ver sally used on board british ships when the log Is heaved at night every hour the boatswain boatsy ain or one of 0 the boats boatswains maln s mates blows on his whistle a peculiar shrill note called the reel the person in the watch to whom this duty Is assigned then heaves the log a small piece of wood with a sinker fitted in it and at that moment the glass Is turned though termed an hour glass gerfe rally it la Is only a 14 second glass really As the last grain runs out the log line is stopped with a jerk which also loosens the lead sinker the log floats up to the surface of the sea the line lina Is hauled in and an entry made in the book which from its containing this among other items of the dally daily and nightly events of the voyage la Is called the log book country life london |