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The mariner's
compass
rectified ... / Wakely, Andrew. 1746.
Wakely, Andrew
1746 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
094:527
The Brown gyro
compass
equipment technical manual
May, W.E.
ca1953 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
629.1.054.6
Admiralty manual of the gyroscopic
compass
1925
Great Britain.-Admiralty
1925 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.054.6
The gyroscopic
compass
: a non-mathematical treatment
Chalmers, T W
1920 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
531.38
The mariner's
compass
in an iron ship
Dixon, J Whitly
1898 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
The Spur book of chart and
compass
Hunter, Rob
1978 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Course of instruction in deviation of
compass
Reinold, A W
1894 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
The mariner's
compass
rectified ... / Wakely, Andrew. 1749.
Wakely, Andrew
1749 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
094:528.28
The mariner's
compass
rectified ... / Wakeley, Andrew. 1758
Wakeley, Andrew
1758 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
094:527
Handbook of the Arma Brown Mk 12 gyro-
compass
equipment
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
1976 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
629.1.054.6
Hand-book to Beall's
compass
deviascope together with a few explanatory and practical remarks on magnetism
Beall, George, Captain
1913 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Handbook of magnetic
compass
adjustment and compensation
Spencer, Nye S
1944 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Notes on
compass
work / Kemp, J F. 1962.
Kemp, J F
1962 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
The magnetism of ships, and the mariner's
compass
...
Walker, William
1853 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
The theory of the deviations of the magnetic
compass
in iron ships
Great Britain. Admiralty. Compass Observatory
1936 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Report on the three reports of the Liverpool
Compass
Committee ...
Smith, Archibald
1862 • • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Handbook of the Arma Brown Mk 12 gyro-
compass
equipment : modifications
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
1990 • GOVTPUB • 1 copy available.
629.1.054.6
On the deviations of the
compass
in wooden and iron ships
Smith, Archibald
1854 • • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
The theory of the gyroscopic
compass
and its deviations
Rawlings, A L
1929 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Handbook on the union observatory universal sun
compass
van den Bos, W.H.
• BOOK • 1 copy available.
681.2G
Operations of the geometric and military
compass
1606
Galilei, Galileo
1978 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
531.716.6"16"
Navigation spiritualiz'd : or, a new
compass
for seamen ...
Flavel, John
1698 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
094:248
The Anschutz gyro
compass
: history, description, theory, practical use
Elliott brothers
1910 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.1.054.6
Husun dead-beat filament card
compass
: saves fuel, time and distance /Henry Hughes & Son, Ltd
Henry Hughes & Son
[19--?] • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.
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