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    Ship's log
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    Ship's log

    By Miguel D'Addario

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    Ship’s Log

    From French bitacle, the word binnacle has two very specific uses. On the one hand, the term binnacle is used to designate the wooden box, referred to as locker, it may be cylindrical or prismatic in shape, and which is fixed to the deck of the ship, next to the rudder wheel and on which the nautical needle is mounted with the clear purpose of keeping it horizontal; in spite of the common rocking and swaying the ship in question may incur. All binnacles are fitted with magnets and on the outside with spheres of soft iron, which will have the function of annulling the disturbing effects of the iron on board and; on the other hand, the magnetic field surrounding the needle become uniform, indicating magnetic north at all times. Way back in time, when it came to ships that did not have a covered pilothouse, a ship’s log with instructions was kept inside the binnacle to protect it from extreme weather that could hit the ship; as a result, from this it follows the origin of the other use of the term.

    A written record of the actions, tasks or activities to be carried out in a given activity, enterprise or job is also called a logbook. It will include the imponderables that developed during its fulfilment, the failures, the costs and the changes that had to be made, in order to achieve the objectives. Nowadays, both students and workers in areas such as design usually carry with them a logbook, in which they carry out and which, clearly, is fundamental to it.  

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBadPress
    Release dateJul 2, 2021
    ISBN9781667405964
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      Ship's log - Miguel D'Addario

      Ship’s log

      Prose

      Miguel D’Addario

      Preface by Mirella Segapeli

      ––––––––

      European Union

      2021

      Index

      About Miguel D’Addario

      About Mirella Segapeli

      Preface to Edition by Mirella Segapeli

      Ship’s Log

      Ship’s Log I

      Bestiary I

      Beatitude

      Logical Biology

      Chains

      God

      Love

      Magical Life

      Chess Logic

      Flight

      An Airy Romance

      Sailing

      Madrid

      The Writer’s Decalogue

      Reading

      Existential

      Involution

      Bestiary II:

      Mind I

      Fashion

      Woman

      Revolution

      The Beginner

      Rome

      Fear

      Newton’s third Law

      Grey Matter

      Living in the Past

      Vacations

      Be You

      Experience I

      Object

      Class

      People I

      Insufficient

      Reaction

      Inner Poverty

      Coherence

      The Undeniable Truth

      Success vs Failure

      Barcelona

      When I am rich

      Childishness

      Secret Love

      Chrysalis

      Fly Away

      Don’t

      Transiting trough life

      Bestiary III: Animals

      Investment

      Passion

      Original

      Incompatibilities

      I Wish I was

      Mind II

      Questions

      If You think of

      Keep going

      Transformation

      Buenos Aires

      Wild Card

      Status

      The Blame

      The Difference

      People II

      Divisions

      Equilibrium

      Spiritual Experience

      Where to

      The Cost

      The Dictator

      Genesis

      Presence

      Experience II

      Oratory

      Ashes

      Desire

      Awakening

      Ignorance

      The perfume of your skin

      Training

      Ship’s Log II

      About Miguel D’Addario

      He is an Italian writer with a degree in journalism, a Master in Social Education and a PhD in Social Communication at the Complutense University of Madrid. He has developed his experience in various fields of teaching from vocational education to university education, both

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