The 1931 International Code of Signals American Edition, Volume I: For Visual and Sound Signaling (H. O. No. 87)

Language: English

Published by Government Printing Office, 1943

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Reprint. Boards slightly bowed, ink name on edges, boards rubbed, hinges starting, pencil notes on front endpaper. 1943 Hard Cover. vi, 362 pp. Front endpaper illustrated with international flags and pennants. Includes: Preface; International Code Flags and Pennants; Signaling Instructions: Definitions; Methods of Signaling: Flag Signaling; Flashing Light, Sound Signaling--Morse; Semaphore; General Instructions: Drafting Messages; Originator and Addressee of Messages; Signal Letters; Table Showing International Allocation of Initial Letters of Signal Letters, Call Signs, and Aircraft Markings; Use of Signal Letters; How to Express Ships' Names; How to Express Numbers; How to Signal Numbers; How to Express Time; How to Signal Time; How to Express Courses and Bearings; How to Signal Courses and Bearings; How to Express Positions; How to Signal Positions; Time of Origin; Communication by Local Signal Codes; Signaling by Flags: How to Call; How to Answer Signals; How to Complete a Signal; How to Act When Signals Are Not Understood; Use of Substitutes (Repeaters); How to Spell; Communication by Flags Between Men-of-War and Merchant Vessels; Morse Signaling: International Morse Code; Procedure Signals and Signs--Morse; Use of Procedure Signals and Signs; Signaling by Flashing Light: Component Parts of a Message; How to Signal; Omitting the Call and Identity; Examples of Signaling by Flashing Light; Signaling by Sound: How to Signal; Signaling by Semaphore: How Messages are to be Made and Read; Errors; The Semaphore Alphabet; How to End a Message; Signal Code: Explanation and Instructions for Use: The Use of Verbs; Arrangement and Explanation of Printing; Arrangement; Amplifying Phrases; Examples of Coding; Single-Letter Signals Arranged in Alphabetical Order; Two-Letter Signals Arranged in Alphabetical Order; Points of the Compass; Relative Bearings; Standard Times; Model Verb; Punctuation and Amplifying Phrases; General Vocabulary--Words, Phrases, and Sentences Expressed by 1, 2, and 3 Letter Signals; Decode; Geographical Section (4-Letter Signals); Appendix A: Ship and Aircraft Distress Signals; Appendix B: Pilot Signals; Appendix C: Quarantine Signals; Appendix D: Towing Signals; Appendix E: Storm-warning Display Stations of the United States; Small-craft, Storm, Wind-direction, and Hurricane Warnings; United States Naval Communication Service: Time Signals; United States Naval Direction Finder Stations; Hydrographic and Meteorological Information; Hydrographic Office Publications; Weather Codes; Instructions to Mariners in Case of Shipwreck; Coast Guard Districts and Stations in the United States; Life-saving Organization on the Coast of the United Kingdom: Information and Instruction for the Guidance of Masters and Seamen. …

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Title
The 1931 International Code of Signals American Edition, Volume I: For Visual and Sound Signaling (H. O. No. 87)
Author
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Publisher
Government Printing Office
Publication year
1943
Condition
Good
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Binding
Hard Cover
Language
English
Edition
Reprint.
Item weight
23 ounces
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