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LOG-BOOK
LOG-BOOK, a book into which the contents of the log-board is daily copied at noon, together with every circumstance deserving notice, that may happen to the ship, or within her cognizance, either at sea or in a harbour, &c. The intermediate divisions or watches of the log-book, containing four hours each, are usually signed by the commanding officer thereof, in ships of war or East-Indiamen.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 183, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0824.html