 | 1824 - 462 pàgines
...northern shore. From the period of entering Sir James Lancaster's Sound, the phenomenon was observed of the directive power of the needle becoming so weak...completely overcome by the attraction of the ship. The compasses, therefore, for all the purposes of navigation, were completely useless. After great... | |
 | 1821 - 476 pàgines
...variation on board ship were necessarily abandoned. On the 7th August, in Lat. 73°, they witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...becoming so weak as to be completely overcome by the action of the ship, so that the needle actually pointed to the north pole of the ship. This, however,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle, George Walter Prothero - 1821 - 612 pàgines
...less as they proceeded ; and when they had reached lat. 73°, ' we witnessed,' says Captain Parry, ' for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...properly said to point to the north pole of the ship.' For all the purposes of navigation, therefore, tlie compasses were henceforth little better than useless... | |
 | 1821 - 694 pàgines
...making a very near approach to the magnetic pole. " We now, therefore," says Captain Parry, " witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...properly said to point to the north pole of the ship. It was only, however, in those compasses in which the lightness of toe cards, and great delicacy in... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1821 - 596 pàgines
...less as they proceeded ; and when they had reached lat. 73°, ' we witnessed,' says Captain Parry, ' for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...properly said to point to the north pole of the ship.' For all the purposes of navigation, therefore, the compasses were henceforth little better than useless... | |
 | 1821 - 512 pàgines
...not improbable that he was making a very near approach to the magnetic pole. He afterwards witnessed the curious phenomenon of the directive power of the...attraction of the ship ; so that the needle might now be said to point to the north pole of the ship. It was only, however, in those compasses in which the... | |
 | 1821 - 464 pàgines
...variation on board ship were necessarily abandoned. On the 7th August, in Lat. 73°, they witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the directive power of the needle becoming so weak 33 to be completely overcome by the action of the ship, so that the needle actually pointed to the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 780 pàgines
...the ship's action increased uniformly and rapidly. On the 7th August, in lat. 73°, they witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...needle becoming so weak as to be completely overcome by that action, the needle pointing to the north pole of the ship. About the 102(1 degree of west longitude,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 786 pàgines
...the ship's action increased uniformly and rapidly. On the 7th August, in lat. 73°, they witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the...needle becoming so weak as to be completely overcome by that action, the needle pointing to die north pole of the ship. About the 102d degree of west longitude,... | |
 | 1821 - 370 pàgines
...their great irregularity, became apparent ; and, at last, the directive power of the needie became so weak, as to be completely overcome by the attraction of the ship. In a few days, the hinnacles were removed, as useless lumber, from the deck to the carpenter's room... | |
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We now, therefore, witnessed for the first time the curious phenomenon of the directive power of the needle becoming so weak as to be completely overcome by the attraction of the ship ; so that the needle might now be properly said to point to the north... 
