 | Tiberius Cavallo - Aeronautics - 1803 - 638 pages
...is faftened to the extremities of the needle, and ferves to keep the card ftretched. The outer edge of this card is divided into 360 equal parts or degrees, and within the circle of thofe divifions it is again divided into 32 equal parts, or arcs, which are called the points of the... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Celestial mechanics - 1811 - 196 pages
...is a circular piece of paper, which is fastened upon the needle, and moves with it. The outer edge of this card is divided into 360 equal parts or degrees,...rhombs, each of which is often subdivided into quarters. END OF THE ENUNCIATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS' QUESTIONS . AND OTHER EXERCISES ON THE FOREGOING SUMMARY... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 516 pages
...the ship. The card is a circular piece of stiff paper, the outer edge of which is divided into 360 parts, /or degrees, .and within the circle of these divisions, it is again divided into 32 parts called rhumbs, or points of the compass. The Azimuth Compass differs from the common sea compass... | |
 | James Smith - Industrial arts - 1815 - 942 pages
...turns with extreme facility. The card, as shown in the figure, is divided, at the outer edge into JtoO equal parts or degrees, and within the circle of these divisions, it is again divided into the 32 equal parts or arcs above-mentioned, which are called the points of the compass, or rhumbs,... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - Education - 1815 - 598 pages
...outer edge of this card is divided into .')()<> equal parts or degrees, and within the circle of those divisions, it is again divided into 32 equal parts or arcs, which are called points of the compass, or rhumbs, each of which is subdivided into quarters. The initial letters, N... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1826 - 254 pages
...is a circular piece of paper, which is fastened upon the needle, and moves with it. The outer edge of this card is divided into 360 equal parts or degrees,...arcs, which are called the points of the compass, or rhumbs, each of which is often subdivided into quarters. 3. There seems to be a similarity between... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...is fastened to the extremities of the needle, and serves to keep the card stretched. The outer edge of this card is divided into 360 equal parts or degrees,...circle of these divisions it is again divided into thirty-two equal parts, or arcs, which are called the points of the compass, or rhumbs, each of which... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Physics - 1832 - 286 pages
...needle, and moves with it. The outer tdge of this card is divided into 360 equal parts or degrees, end within the circle of these divisions it is again divided...rhombs, each of which is often subdivided into quarters. , .. ON HEAT OR CALORIC. 581. Heat, or Caloric, is a very subtile fluid, capable of insinuating itself... | |
 | James Smith (author of the Panorama of science and art.) - Industrial arts - 1859 - 924 pages
...mounted, the needle turns with extreme facility. The card used by mariners, is divided, at the outer edge, into 360 equal parts or degrees, and within the circle of these divisions, it is again divided into the 32 equal parts or arcs abovementioned, which are called the points of the compass, or rhumbs, and... | |
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... the card may not be disturbed by the wind. What is called the card, is a circular piece of paper, which is fastened upon the needle, and moves with it. 