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Definition of Harpoon log
1. Noun. A cylindrical log with a device that registers distance.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harpoon Log
Literary usage of Harpoon log
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Trigonometry, Surveying and Navigation by George Albert Wentworth (1895)
"The best results are obtained by the use of the harpoon log, if it be in good
... But the taffrail log is not considered as reliable as the harpoon log, ..."
2. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: And Surveying by George Albert Wentworth (1887)
"But the taffrail log is not considered as reliable as the harpoon log, although
it is growing in favor. § 10. CURRENTS. The set of a current is its ..."
3. Shipbuilding Cyclopedia: A Reference Book Covering Definitions of by Bibber Webster, J. L. Bates, Stephen McKay Phillips, Alfred Henry Haag (1920)
""taffrail" log the registering mechanism is on the taffrail, a long line connecting
it to the rotator; in the "harpoon" log the registering mechanism is ..."
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