Show HEAVING THE LOO LOC aa old time ceremony aboard ship which always alwayn proved to tile the I 1 before the patent log came into existence the old fashioned log was the only means of measuring a ships rate of sailing balling it has one advantage over oer the former inasmuch as a vessel 9 speed cm cin be told by it ut at any given instant while the patent log la is mainly useful for reo residing iding a considerable distance iun ahe 7 he old fashioned to log consists of four pieces name namely ay the log chip the leel the line and the sand glass the log chip Is a flat alece of thin board loaded with lend lead on oil the calu lar side so BO that it will float upright on the water and to wh h ch the log una title Is I 1 fastened in ia the same way may that a bow kite is rigged to the string ilo 1 I je line is fathoms or more in length bengt and Is divided into cei tain spaces braces called knots the reel Is n nude made to turn nery ery freely so BO that it will offer no BO resistance when the log chip Is thrown over k board the sand glass contains just enough girthia to pass biorn one bulb to the other in halt half ft a minute ot of time chis piu of measuring a ships rate of sailing balling Is 18 quite simple ibe ill idea Is that tile the length between each knot idiot is the same pait of a mile os as halt half a minute is of un lilt houi therefore tho the knots are placed 51 feet apart what is called heaving the log Is ili thus performed one man holds the reel another tile the half minute glass the officer thinas the log chip over the stern and walts waits a moment until enough line has iun itin out to carry the chip out 0 the eddy of the ships ship s wake and then calls lurn the man mail holding tile the glass reverses rev ei ses it and watches until the sand has run through when he cries stop the officer immediately stops stopa the line and notes hotca the number of knots run off which te presents the rate of speed per houi a round ra ta d tile ble |