We now, therefore, witnessed for the first time the curious phenomenon of the directive power of the needle becoming so weak as to be completely overcome by the attraction of the ship ; so that the needle might now be properly said to point to the north... Life of Sir John Franklin and the North-west Passage - Page 147by Sir Albert Hastings Markham - 1891 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1824 - 462 pages
...northern shore. From the period of entering Sir James Lancaster's Sound, the phenomenon was observed of the directive power of the needle becoming so weak...completely overcome by the attraction of the ship. The compasses, therefore, for all the purposes of navigation, were completely useless. After great... | |
| 1821 - 476 pages
...variation on board ship were necessarily abandoned. On the 7th August, in Lat. 73°, they witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...becoming so weak as to be completely overcome by the action of the ship, so that the needle actually pointed to the north pole of the ship. This, however,... | |
| 1821 - 512 pages
...not improbable that he was making a very near approach to the magnetic pole. He afterwards witnessed the curious phenomenon of the directive power of the...now be said to point to the north pole of the ship. It was only, however, in those compasses in which the lightness of the cards, and great delicacy in... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 pages
...less as they proceeded ; and when they had reached lat. 73°, ' we witnessed,' says Captain Parry, ' for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...attraction of the ship; so' that the needle might now be properly said to point to the north pole of the ship.' For all the purposes of navigation, therefore,... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 pages
...less as they proceeded ; and when they had reached lat. 73°, ' we witnessed,' says Captain Parry, ' for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...attraction of the ship; so that the needle might now be properly said to point to the north pole of the ship.' For all the purposes of navigation, therefore,... | |
| 1821 - 694 pages
...making a very near approach to the magnetic pole. " We now, therefore," says Captain Parry, " witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...attraction of the ship ; so that the needle might now be properly said to point to the north pole of the ship. It was only, however, in those compasses in which... | |
| 1821 - 464 pages
...variation on board ship were necessarily abandoned. On the 7th August, in Lat. 73°, they witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the directive power of the needle becoming so weak 33 to be completely overcome by the action of the ship, so that the needle actually pointed to the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1823 - 786 pages
...the ship's action increased uniformly and rapidly. On the 7th August, in lat. 73°, they witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...needle becoming so weak as to be completely overcome by that action, the needle pointing to die north pole of the ship. About the 102d degree of west longitude,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1823 - 780 pages
...the ship's action increased uniformly and rapidly. On the 7th August, in lat. 73°, they witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...needle becoming so weak as to be completely overcome by that action, the needle pointing to the north pole of the ship. About the 102(1 degree of west longitude,... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1824 - 674 pages
...power of the needle became so weak,' that it was completely overcome by the attraction of the iron in the ship, " so that the needle might now be said to point to the north pole of the ship. And by an experiment it was found, that a needle suspended by a thread, the movements of which were... | |
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