A Dictionary of science, literature, and art [electronic resource]: comprising the history, description, and scientific principles of every branch of human knowledge; with the derivation and definition of all the terms in general use (1844)
Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866, Cauvin, Joseph · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 276
d-ing the rolling of the ship. The notation of the mariners compass is as follows :—The circumference being divided into the four quadrantsby two diameters at right angles, the extremities of thesediameters are the four cardinal points (cardo, a hinge),marked N., S., E., W. (north, south, east,… … •denotes the point which is halfway between north and east?and so with N. W., S. E., S. W. (north-west, south-east,south-west). Let the octants next be bisected ; the pointsof division are denoted by prefixing to each of the abovecombinations first the one, and then the other of the two car-dinal…
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