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Van Nostrand's engineering magazine (1879)

[New York : D. Van Nostrand] · leaf 17

An illustration from Van Nostrand's engineering magazine, 1879, leaf 17
um values on the east and west heeling error must be adjusted from time courses. A subordinate object of the to time, to keep the compass correct. Flinders bar, as supplied to my compass, The Flinders bar supplied with the is to partially correct the constituent of compass is a round bar of soft… … tribution to the heeling correction by the Flinders bar, it should be placed with its length of from 6 inches to 24 inches is top about 2 inches above the level of the found to be proper for the actual position needles of the compass-card. of the compass in any particular ship. To understand the…

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