Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble), 1878-1944 · London : Sidgewick & Jackson, litd · leaf 348
ng the im-portance of the three Ls—lead, latitude, and look-out.For the diflfieulty of the longitude was still unsolved. Briefly, the history of this problem is as follows.Longitude is, of course, the distance which a ship makeseast or west. These eighteenth-century navigators hadtheir quadrant for… … Eighteenth-Century Bittacle. There was a compass on either side, and the lamp wasplaced in between. bittacle (binnacle), which in those days was awooden box arrangement containing a compass oneach side with lights in between. There were usuallytwo of these bittacles on board, viz. one for…
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