BOOK
Title:
The Anschütz gyro compass; history, description, theory, practical use
Creator:
Anschütz & Co., Kiel
Publication:
Kiel, 1910.
Call #:
538.7 AN8G
Extent:
109, ii p. : illus., diagrs., tables, charts ; 25 cm.
Subjects:
Subject
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.
Call #:
538.7 UN45P
Extent:
173 p. : illus. (col.) diagrs., tables, charts ; 26 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
The riddle of the compass: The invention that changed the world
Creator:
Aczel, Amir D.
Publication:
Harcourt, Inc, New York, [c2001]
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-168) and index.
Call #:
912.028 AC95R
Extent:
xvii, 178 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Description of the magnetic needles
Parent:
American Philosophical Society. Transactions, n.s., v.2
Creator:
Hassler, F. R. (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843
Publication:
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1825.
Call #:
506.73 AM4T N.S. V.2
Extent:
p.354-356 ; 26 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
The Microscopic compass; invented by John Locke, M.D
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, v.23
Creator:
Locke, John, 1792-1856
Publication:
New Haven, 1833.
Call #:
505 AM3J V.23
Extent:
p.247-253 : illus. ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
PAMPHLET
Title:
Plath gyro-compass air colled two gyro-system
Creator:
Weems System of Navigation (Firm)
Publication:
Weems & Plath, Annapolis, Md, [195?]
Notes:
Promotional pamphlet.
Call #:
629.1325 C68 no.12
Extent:
[p.12] ill.; 21 cm.
Subjects:
MUSEUM OBJECT
Title:
Compass
Creator:
Unknown
Dates:
n.d.
Abstract:
Call #:
SC 2010.20
Subjects:
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.
Subjects:
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.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Aurora borealis -- magnetic needle, &c
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, v.15
Creator:
Gale, Leonard D. (Leonard Dunnell), 1800-1883
Publication:
New Haven, 1829.
Call #:
505 AM3J V.5
Extent:
p.199-200 ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
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
Creator:
Hoppe, Ebenezer.
Publication:
Hoppe, London, 1804.
Call #:
Pam. v.159, no.5
Extent:
23 p. : 1 pl. ; octodecimo.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
A paper on the patent azimuth & steering compass invented by [him]
Creator:
Dent, Edward John, 1790-1853
Publication:
The Author, London, 1844.
Call #:
Pam. v.339, no.6
Extent:
10 p. ; octavo.
Subjects:
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.
Call #:
538.7 T37R
Extent:
31 p. : (col.) plates ; 25 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Notice of improvements in the surveyor's compass
Alt. Title:
American journal of science and arts
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, v.19
Publication:
New Haven, 1831.
Call #:
505 AM3J V.19
Extent:
p.337-338 : illus.
Subjects:
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.
Call #:
530 PAM. NO.66
Extent:
16 p. : table ; 28 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
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]
Call #:
538.7 W15TR
Extent:
18 p. ; 20 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Method of finding the longitude, meridian, time, culmination of the fixed stars, and the variation of the compass, at sea or on land, independently of refraction and parallax, by one simple observation
Creator:
Baylee, John Tyrrell.
Publication:
Published for the Author by R. Hunter, London, 1823.
Call #:
520 PAM. NO.49
Extent:
16 p. ; 21 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
The economic meaning of the invention of the compass
Parent:
American historical review, v.68, no.3
Creator:
Lane, Frederic Chapin, 1900-
Publication:
New York, 1963.
Call #:
905 AM3H V.68, NO.3
Extent:
p.605-617 ; octavo.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
A Treatise on electromagnetic phenomena and on the compass and its deviations aboard ship
Creator:
Lyons, T. A. (Timothy Augustine), 1845-1919
Publication:
John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1901-1903.
Call #:
538.3 L99T
Extent:
2 v. : illus., diagrs., tables, charts. ; 23 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Construction et usage d'un nouveau compas azimutal a réflexion ... inventé par le Sr. Degaulle
Creator:
Degaulle, Jean Baptiste, 1732-1810
Publication:
P. J. D. G. Faure, Havre, 1779.
Call #:
522.76 D36C
Extent:
vii, 52 p. : fold. plate ; 18 cm.
Subjects:
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