Sun blinds (recessed in a pelmet) were provided for all windows, except in the corridors.

[…] and Vincent Sheean the king of gemutlichkeit.

A Fathometer is just a vertical echo-ranger; its pings would sound the same and could drive a submarine out of position just as effectively as horizontal echo-ranging and might even make a contact.

a bottlescrew, knife and penknife, needles, pins, thread, silk, worsted, &c. Some plasters and scissars (The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, volume 16)