On land a vehicle's speed is measured by a speedometer that reacts to the revolutions of the wheels. At sea, ships use a device called a log for the same purpose. In its earliest form, the log literally consisted of a log or other wooden float attached...

Book that records laboratory activities, e.g., instrumentation, maintenance, or instrumentation, sample preparation, and...

A Logbook was originally a book for recording readings from the log, and is used to determine the distance a ship traveled within a certain amount of time. The readings of the log have been recorded in equal times to give the distance traveled with...

GAH! I CAN'T CLOSE THIS LOGBOOK! ALL THESE AIRWORTHINESS RELEASES HAVE TURNED IN INTO AN OVERSTUFFED DOORSTOP! I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. THE CREW COMPLAINS ALL THE TIME THAT THEY CAN'T FIND THEIR OPERATING RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE BURIED IN A HUGE...

A wooden sailboat riding low in the water, between the harbor and the barrier island given over to great blue herons and wild horses. Someone made off with the logbook, in which a history was recorded in the invisible ink of desire: the scandal...