DICTIONARY OF

Let Go 199 Liberation in Longitude
Let Go. Of an anchor. To let it drop in the water.
Let Fall. Order given when a square sail, that has been loosed, is to be dropped so that it can
be sheeted home.
Let Fly. Order to release sheets fully. Given as a salute, or in a heavy gust of wind, or other
emergency.
Letter of Credit. Document, addressed to certain bankers, or firms, and authorising them to
allow stated persons or person to draw money, up to a specified amount, against the credit of
the bank or firm issuing the letter.
Letter of Hypothecation. Written authority given to a lender of money and empowering
him to sell goods, purchased with money advanced by him, if the undertaking to replay him
be not fulfilled.
Letter of Indemnity. Document given by one person to another whereby the person issuing
the letter renounces any claim he may have in specified circumstances.
Letters of Marque and Countermarque. Written authority, from a sovereign state, to
attack enemy ships in retaliation for a loss suffered, and to resist attack from enemy ships.
Letters of Mart and Countermart. 'Letters of Marque and Countermarque.'
Levanter. Easterly wind in Straits of Gibraltar during March, and from July to October.
Leveche. Hot S'ly wind on SE coast of Spain. Precedes a depression and is often
accompanied by dust.
Level Lines. Lines representing boundaries of horizontal sections of a ship made by planes
parallel to keel.
Leviathan. Biblical name for a marine monster. Name has been given to the Egyptian
crocodile, to a large Mediterranean cetacean, and to a sea serpent.
Liberty Man. R.N. seaman when on leave.
Liberty to Call. Inserted in charter party, or other document, when a vessel has permission
to call at intermediate port or ports in circumstances specified.
Libra. (Lat.= Balances, Scales.) Constellation between R.A.s 14 h 55 m and 15 h 45 m;
Dec. 9°S to 25°S. Has two bright stars: Kiffa Australis and Zubenelg. 2. Sixth sign of
Zodiac, extending from 180° to 210° celestial longitude. Sun is in this sign from September
23 till October 23.
Liberation. A slight nodding of Moon's axis, together with a slight variation in her
revolution, which result in her showing a little more than the area we see normally; 41 per
cent being visible at all times, 59 per cent being visible at one time or another.
Liberation in Latitude. Due to Moon's axis being inclined to Equinoctial her north pole is
inclined towards Earth at one point in her orbit, and away from it at the opposite orbital
point.
Liberation in Longitude. Moon shows one hemisphere only towards Earth, but as her speed
in orbit is not uniform she shows a little of the other hemisphere when her angular velocity
around Earth is greater or less than her rotational speed.