The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Deep-sea Lead

Sea Terms

The lead attached to the deep-sea lead line and weighting from forty to eighty pounds. It is armed in the same manner as the hand lead.

The log and the lead — patent log, log-reel, log-ship, log-line, compass, log-glass, deep-sea lead, lead-line, binnacle, side-light, fog-horn and speaking-trumpet
The log and the lead — patent log, log-reel, log-ship, log-line, compass, log-glass, deep-sea lead, lead-line, binnacle, side-light, fog-horn and speaking-trumpet
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