MUSEUM OBJECT
Title:
Compass
Description:
Dimension:H:8.250in W:6.000in L:13.750in
Creator:
unknown
Dates:
circa. 1796
Abstract:
Call #:
2012.2
Subjects:
Subject
BOOK
Title:
Om compassets misviisning =: The variation of the compass
Creator:
Aschlund, Arent.
Publication:
Jorgensen, Kjobenhavn], [1831]
Notes:
Contains Danish & English text.
Call #:
500 PAM. V.4, NO.13
Extent:
[8] p. : 2 maps, 1 tab. ; octavo.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
... Radio-compass bearings
Parent:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Special publications, no.75
Creators:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | Adams, Oscar S. (Oscar Sherman), b. 1874
Publication:
Govt. print. off, Washington, 1921.
Notes:
At head of title: Serial no.167. Department of commerce. U.S. Coast and geodetic survey. E. Lester Jones, director.
Call #:
526 UN3SP NO.75
Extent:
39 p. incl. tables, diagrs. ; 23 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Remarks on Mr. Barnes' notice respecting magnetic polarity
Alt. Title:
American journal of science and arts
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, v.14
Publication:
New Haven, 1828.
Call #:
505 AM3J V.14
Extent:
p.121-124 ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Dissertation sur l'origine de la boussole
Creator:
Azuni, D. A. (Domenico Alberto), 1749-1827
Publication:
H. Nicolle, Paris, 1809.
Call #:
538.7 AZ8D.2
Extent:
xvi, 269, vi, [1] p. ; 20 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Notice respecting magnetic polarity
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, v.13
Creator:
Barnes, D. H.
Publication:
New Haven, 1828.
Call #:
505 AM3J V.13
Extent:
p.70-73. 22 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Nouvelle hipothèse sur les variations de l'eguille aimantée
Creator:
Sarrabat, Nicolas, 1698-1737
Publication:
Chez R. Brun, Bordeaux, 1727.
Call #:
538.7 Sa7
Extent:
47 p. : fold. chart ; sextodecimo.
Subjects:
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.
Call #:
LMK
Extent:
[6] p, 140 p : Tables, fold. map.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Reports of the Liverpool compass committee, 1855-60
Creator:
London (England) Board of trade.
Publication:
London, 1857-1862.
Call #:
527 L84R
Extent:
3 nos. in 1 ; folio.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Suggestions as to a union of effort to obtain a correct account of the variation of the magnetic needle; in a letter to the editor, dated Wilmington, Del. Feb. 28, 1830
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, v.18
Creator:
Byrnes, Daniel.
Publication:
New Haven, 1830.
Call #:
505 AM3J V.18
Extent:
p.380-381 ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
... Instructions for the compensation of the magnetic compass
Parent:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Special publications, no.96
Creators:
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | Parker, William Edward, 1876- | Heck, N. H. (Nicholas Hunter), 1882-1953
Publication:
Govt. print. off, Washington, 1923.
Notes:
At head of title: Serial no. 238. Department of commerce. U.S. Coast and geodetic survey. E. Lester Jones, director.
Call #:
526 UN3SP NO.96
Extent:
iv, 49 p. incl. illus., tables, diagrs. : 11 pl. on 7 l. ; 23 cm.
Subjects:
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.
Call #:
Pam. v.339, no.5
Extent:
23 p. ; octavo.
Subjects:
PAMPHLET
Title:
The Magnetic compass and how to use it
Creator:
Legge, Reginald Francis, b. 1873
Publication:
London, [n.d.]
Call #:
509.078 M582 PAM. NO.119
Extent:
16 p. : fold. plate ; 18 cm.
Subjects:
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.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Physical discovery: (Retrospective) The magnetic needle made to indicate the true north, and rendered more steady, by a newly invented magnetic process
Alt. Title:
American journal of science and arts
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, v.26
Creator:
Dearborn, H. A. S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851
Publication:
New Haven, 1834.
Call #:
505 AM3J V.26
Extent:
p.90-92 ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Om compassets misviisning =: The variation of the compass
Creator:
Aschlund, Arent.
Publication:
Jorgensen, Kjobenhavn], [1831]
Notes:
Contains Danish & English text.
Call #:
Pam. v.116, no.14
Extent:
[8] p. : 2 maps, 1 tab. ; octavo.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Remarks on Prof. Eaton's proposed improvement in the manufacture of compass needles
Alt. Title:
American journal of science and arts
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, v.12
Publication:
New Haven, 1827.
Call #:
505 AM3J V.12
Extent:
p.232-234 ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Improvement in the manufacture of magnetic needles
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, v.12
Creator:
Eaton, Amos, 1776-1842
Publication:
New Haven, 1827.
Call #:
505 AM3J V.12
Extent:
p.[14]-16 ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
On the manipulations of the dipping compass
Parent:
American Journal of Science and Arts, v.42
Creator:
Locke, John, 1792-1856
Publication:
New Haven, 1842.
Call #:
505 AM3J V.42
Extent:
p.235-238 : tables ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
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.
Call #:
656 W67
Extent:
39 p. : 1 pl. ; octavo.
Subjects:
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