Log Book: Entries
The log book is a book in which are noted the courses steered, distances run, wind, state of the weather and sea, leeway, daily employment of the crew, performances of the engines, the observed latitude and longitude, and other incidents, which in the first instances are recorded at the moment, in the bridge-book or deck-book, and daily entered is the log-book, which thus becomes the diary of the ship. The official log-book is kept by the commanding officer in charge, and is initiated by a member of the crew. An engine-room log-book is also kept for the Flagship, (pocket liner) One-of-Many, Superior Power and the Fleet that makes it up.
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