BOOK
Title:
Om compassets misviisning =: The variation of the compass
Publication:
Jorgensen, Kjobenhavn], [1831]
Notes:
Contains Danish & English text.
Call #:
500 PAM. V.4, NO.13
Extent:
[8] p. : 2 maps, 1 tab. ; octavo.
BOOK
Title:
Dissertation sur l'origine de la boussole
Creator:
Azuni, D. A. (Domenico Alberto), 1749-1827
Publication:
H. Nicolle, Paris, 1809.
Extent:
xvi, 269, vi, [1] p. ; 20 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Nouvelle hipothèse sur les variations de l'eguille aimantée
Creator:
Sarrabat, Nicolas, 1698-1737
Publication:
Chez R. Brun, Bordeaux, 1727.
Extent:
47 p. : fold. chart ; sextodecimo.
BOOK
Title:
An essay on the variation of the compass: shewing how far it is influenced by a change in the direction of the ship's head : with an exposition of the dangers arising to navigators from not allowing for this change of variation : interspersed with practical observations and remarks
Creator:
Bain, WilliamSir, 1775-1853
Publication:
Printed for W. Blackwood and J. Murray, Edinburgh, 1817.
Notes:
Includes index. Readex Microprint edition.
Extent:
[6] p, 140 p : Tables, fold. map.
BOOK
Title:
Reports of the Liverpool compass committee, 1855-60
Creator:
London (England) Board of trade.
Publication:
London, 1857-1862.
Extent:
3 nos. in 1 ; folio.
BOOK
Title:
Directions for the use of a small apparatus to be employed with a ship's standard compass, for the purpose of ascertaining at any time ... the changing part of the deviation in the pointing of the compass occasioned by the ship's iron
Creator:
Sabine, EdwardSir, 1788-1883
Publication:
Clowes, London, 1849.
BOOK
Title:
Sur l'emploi de la boussole dans les mines
Creator:
Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874
Publication:
Vandooren, Bruxelles, 1843.
Notes:
Extrait des Annales des travaux publics de Belgique.
Call #:
Pam. v.376, no.10
Extent:
1 L. 34 p. : il. ; octavo.
BOOK
Title:
Om compassets misviisning =: The variation of the compass
Publication:
Jorgensen, Kjobenhavn], [1831]
Notes:
Contains Danish & English text.
Call #:
Pam. v.116, no.14
Extent:
[8] p. : 2 maps, 1 tab. ; octavo.
BOOK
Title:
Supplement to the practical rules for ascertaining the deviations of the compass which are caused by the ship's iron, being instructions for the computation of a table of the deviations of a ship's compass ... & a graphic method of correcting the deviati
Creator:
Smith, Archibald, 1813-1872
Publication:
London, 1855.
Extent:
39 p. : 1 pl. ; octavo.
BOOK
Title:
The Anschütz gyro compass; history, description, theory, practical use
Creator:
Anschütz & Co., Kiel
Extent:
109, ii p. : illus., diagrs., tables, charts ; 25 cm.
BOOK
Title:
A practical manual of the compass: a short treatise on the errors of the magnetic compass
Creators:
United States Bureau of Naval Personnel. | Laning, Harris, 1873-1941 | United States Naval Institute
Publication:
The United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md, 1921.
Notes:
Material from various sources originally compiled by Lieutenant Commander Harris Laning. cf. Pref.
Extent:
173 p. : illus. (col.) diagrs., tables, charts ; 26 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The riddle of the compass: The invention that changed the world
Publication:
Harcourt, Inc, New York, [c2001]
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-168) and index.
Extent:
xvii, 178 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 22 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Theorie van het intensiteits-kompas en van zijn gebruik op ijzeren en houten schepen
Creator:
Stamkart, F. J. (Franciscus Johannes), 1805-1882
Publication:
Amsterdam, 1859.
Notes:
Also published separately, 1859.
Call #:
506.492 AM8VN V.7, NO.5
Extent:
39 p. : pl. (diagrs.) ; 28 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Over de afwijkingen van het kompas, voortgebragt door de aantrekking van het scheeps-ijzer
Creator:
Stamkart, F. J. (Franciscus Johannes), 1805-1882
Publication:
Amsterdam, 1856.
Notes:
Also published separately, 1856.
Call #:
506.492 AM8VN V.3, NO.5
Extent:
48 p. incl. tables, diagr. ; 28 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Explanation of [his] improved sextant, including a few observations on the important advantages its accuracy affords to the nautical observer & surveyer, also of his improved azimuth compass
Publication:
Hoppe, London, 1804.
Extent:
23 p. : 1 pl. ; octodecimo.
BOOK
Title:
A paper on the patent azimuth & steering compass invented by [him]
Creator:
Dent, Edward John, 1790-1853
Publication:
The Author, London, 1844.
BOOK
Title:
The rose of the winds: The origin and development of the compass-card
Creator:
Thompson, Silvanus Phillips, 1851-1916
Publication:
Humphey Milford, London, 1913.
Notes:
From the Proceedings of the British Academy, v.6, 1913.
Extent:
31 p. : (col.) plates ; 25 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The magnetism of ships and the deviations of the compass
Creators:
Liverpool Compass Committee | Evans, F. J. (Frederick John), 1815-1885 | Smith, Archibald, 1813-1872 | Lenthall, John | Schaeffer, C. | United States Navy Dept. | United States Bureau of Naval Personnel. | Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) | International Electrical Exhibition (1884 : Philadelphia, Pa.),
Publication:
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1869.
Notes:
At head of title: Navy Department, Bureau of Navigation.
Extent:
xiii, 344 pages, 49, [2] leaves of plates (some fold.) : illustrations, charts, tables ; 24 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Results of experiments on the disturbance of the compass in iron-built ships
Creator:
Airy, George BiddellSir, 1801-1892
Publication:
John Weale, London], 1840.
Extent:
16 p. : table ; 28 1/2 cm.
BOOK
Title:
The Memorial of Ralph Walker to the Honorable The Board of Longitude
Creators:
Walker, Ralph. | Great Britain Commissioners of Longitude.
Publication:
London, 1794]
Extent:
18 p. ; 20 1/2 cm.
