 | Washington Irving - America - 1828 - 574 pages
...star, but to some fixed and invisible point. The variation, therefore, was not caused by any fallacy in the compass, but by the movement of the north star...changes and revolutions, and every day described a circlo round the pole. The high opinion that the pilots entertained of Columbus as a profound astronomer,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 1829 - 346 pages
...-star, but to some fixed and invisible point. The variation, therefore, was not caused by any fallacy in the compass, but by the movement of the north star...revolutions, and every day described a circle round the-pole. The high opinion they entertained of Columbus as a profound astronomer, gave weight to his... | |
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...star, but to some fixed and invisible point. The variation, therefore, was not caused by any fallacy in the compass, but by the movement of the north star...like the other heavenly bodies, had its changes and re" As he advanced, there were various other signs, that gave great animation to the crews ; many birds... | |
 | Washington Irving - America - 1835 - 436 pages
...star, but to some fixed and invisible point. The variation, therefore, was not caused by any fallacy in the compass, but by the movement of the north star...which, like the other heavenly bodies, had its changes p.nd revolutions, and every day described a circle round the pole. The high opinion which the pilots... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - History, Ancient - 1846 - 414 pages
...star, but to some fixed and invisible point. The variation, therefore, was not caused by any fallacy in the compass, but by the movement of the north star...described a circle round the pole. The high opinion they entertained of Columbus 'as a profound astronomer gave weight to his theory, and their alarm subsided.... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - History, Ancient - 1846 - 414 pages
...invisible point. The vai therefore, was not caused by any fallacy compass, but by the movement of the noi itself, which, like the other heavenly bodies, had...described a circle round the pole. The high opinion they enter-tained of Columbus as a profound astronomer gave weight to his theory, and their alarm subsided.... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1848 - 454 pages
...star, but to some fixed and invisible point. The variation, therefore, was not caused by any fallacy in the compass, but by the movement of the north star...described a circle round the pole. The high opinion which the pilots entertained of Columbus as a profound astronomer gave weight to this theory, and their... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1849 - 450 pages
...star, but to some fixed and invisible point. The variation, therefore, was not caused by any fallacy in the compass, but by the movement of the north star...described a circle round the pole. The high opinion which the pilots entertained of Columbus as a profound astronomer gave weight to this theory, and their... | |
 | Washington Irving - Astoria (Or.) - 1849 - 756 pages
...star, but to some fixed and invisible point. The variation, therefore, was not caused by any fallacy in the compass, but by the movement of the north star...described a circle round the pole. The high opinion which the pilots entertained of Columbus as a profound astronomer gave weight to this theory, and their... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1850 - 456 pages
...star, but to some fixed and invisible point. The variation, therefore, was not caused by any fallacy in the compass, but by the movement of the north star...described a circle round the pole. The high opinion which the pilots entertained of Columbus as a profound astronomer gave weight to this theory, and their... | |
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He observed that the direction of the needle was not to the polar star, but to some fixed and invisible point. The variation, therefore, was not caused by any fallacy in the compass, but by the movement of the north star itself, which, like the other... 
