 | Admiralty hydrogr. dept - 1877 - 56 pages
...it, and above it up to the glass lid of the wood box. II. Having closed the wooden chronometer box, it is to be placed in a wicker basket or hamper, or...partially yielding character, and is to be packed therein with abundance of soft stuffing. If there is no wicker basket at hand, or nothing except a... | |
 | sir Frederick George D. Bedford - 1885 - 628 pages
...from its gimbals, it cannot change its place in the box. 4. Having closed the wooden chronometer box, it is to be placed in a wicker basket or hamper, or...except a wooden box, this box must be surrounded with a large quantity of stuffing and inclosed in canvas, so that it can never receive a jarring blow. It... | |
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... glass lid of the wood box. II. Having closed the wooden chronometer box, it is to be placed in a wicker basket or hamper, or in a box of partially yielding character, and is to be packed therein with abundance of soft stuffing. If there is no wicker... 