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patent log

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patent log
n. Nautical
A torpedo-shaped instrument with rotary fins that is dragged from the stern of a vessel to measure the speed or distance traveled. Also called screw log, taffrail log.
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Noun1.patent logpatent log - a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed
screw log, taffrail log
log - measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water


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Wolf Larsen was smoking a cigar and examining the patent log which the Ghost usually towed astern, but which had been hauled in for some purpose.
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They strolled aft to where Captain Dettmar, one foot on the rail, was oiling the gear of the patent log.
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