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What is the present stage of research in regard to the development of the use of the
compass
in Europe
1936. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.
629.12.053.11
instructor in gunnery : rifle, cutlass, bayonet, & pistol exercise; the Snider rifle drill; the mariner's
compass
[200-?] • BOOK • 1 copy available.
623.4(035)
Setting
compass
, watch or chronometer. Sumner line. Observed position. Wireless line.
Bertin, Ch
1924 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.
527.093T
Reduction and discussion of the deviations of the
compass
observed on board of all the iron-built ships
Evans, F. J.-(Frederick John),
1861 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
astronomy : being the theory and practice of finding the latitude, the longitude, and the variation of the
compass
Kerigan, Thomas
1821 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available.
527.093T:094
land, to which are added, various methods of determining the latitude of a place, and variation of the
compass
Mackay, Andrew
1801 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available.
094:528.282
A treatise on magnetism, with a description and explanation of a meridional and azimuth
compass
, for
Walker, Ralph
1794 • RARE-PAMPH • 2 copies available.
094:537.67
Earth's magnetism in the age of sail
Jonkers, A. R. T.,
2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
537.6
Atlantic memoir
Purdy, John
1840 • • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
A history of binnacles / by Pamela Burns-Balogh.
Burns-Balogh, Pamela.
Ã2011. • CD-ROM • 1 copy available.
txt
Port of London handbook 1996
PLA
1998 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
627.2(421)
A Guide to sunken ships in American waters
Lonsdale, Adrian L
1964 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
656.61.085.3(73)
On the difference in the magnetic properties of hot-rolled and cold-rolled malleable iron, as regards the power of receiving and retaining induced magnetism of subpermanent character / by George Biddell Airy.
Airy, George Biddell,-Sir,
ca1862]. • • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
On the connexion between the mode of building iron ships and the ultimate correction of their compasses / by G. B. Airy.
Airy, George Biddell,-Sir,
1860. • • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Great Yarmouth : port and industry handbook,
2000 • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
627.2(426.1)(035)
land : to which are added various methods of determining the latitude of a place, and variation of the
compass
Mackay, Andrew
1810 • RARE-BOOK • 7 copies available.
094:528.282
Great Yarmouth : port and industry handbook,
2001. • FOLIO • 2 copies available.
627.2(426.1)(035)
Bound for Australia: the loss of the emigrant ship TAYLEUR at Lambay on the coast of Ireland.
The White Star Line merchant sailing ship Tayleur was lost, just north of Dublin, on 21 January 1854. On her maiden voyage, the ship was carrying emigrants, many of whom were skilled tradesmen, to Australia driven by the gold rush at Ballarat. Of the 650 on board only 290 survived. Using many contemporary original sources, the loss of the ship has been attributed to a small crew, compass innaccuracy, a storm and being an untried ship. The wreck was forgotten until 1957 when divers from the Irish Sub Aqua Club relocated the remains. It is now a site frequently visited by scuba divers. Included as appendices are crew and passenger lists, a glossary of nautical terms, a sail plan and the points of the compass; also a Chronology of events and photographs of artefacts.
2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.123TAYLEUR
Remarks on ships's compasses etc
Napier, James R
1855 • • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
Notice sur les erreurs des compas ...
Darondeau, Benoit-Henri
1858 • • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
by sea or overland to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the
compass
Hakluyt, Richard
1927-1928 • BOOK • 10 copies available.
910.4"03/15"
Sur l'emploi du compas etalon et la course des deviations ...
Darondeau, Benoit-Henri
1863 • • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11
The air bubble viscometer
Barr, Guy
1926 • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.73
A history of marine navigation
May, W.E.
1973 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available.
629.1.053.11"15/18"
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