A System of Mechanical Philosophy, Bindi 4J. Murray, 1822 - 50 síður |
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... ship's course through the pathless ocean ; and also shews us the directions of the veins and workings in the deepest mines . It was natural therefore to call those the north and south ends of the mariner's needle , or of a loadstone or ...
... ship's course through the pathless ocean ; and also shews us the directions of the veins and workings in the deepest mines . It was natural therefore to call those the north and south ends of the mariner's needle , or of a loadstone or ...
Síða 287
... ship approached the equator , but that in coming to the north of it at Bata- via , the north point again dipped , and at Canton was seve- ral degrees below the horizon . On these authorities , Norman boldly said that , in the equatoreal ...
... ship approached the equator , but that in coming to the north of it at Bata- via , the north point again dipped , and at Canton was seve- ral degrees below the horizon . On these authorities , Norman boldly said that , in the equatoreal ...
Síða 289
... ship is under sail , although they may be tole- rably exact for an observation of the dip in any port ; and we presume that it was such observations only that Norman confided in . Our readers will readily conceive the difficulty of ...
... ship is under sail , although they may be tole- rably exact for an observation of the dip in any port ; and we presume that it was such observations only that Norman confided in . Our readers will readily conceive the difficulty of ...
Síða 355
... ship bound to a distant port that was not much more informed in this science than most masters of ships are now - a - days . It could not be long , therefore , before the methods were given them for discovering the variation of the ...
... ship bound to a distant port that was not much more informed in this science than most masters of ships are now - a - days . It could not be long , therefore , before the methods were given them for discovering the variation of the ...
Síða 356
... ships on distant voyages , in a few years , obliged the landsmen in their closets to give up the point ; and Martin ... ship- wreck of thousands of brave men . Accordingly observations were liberally contributed from time to time , and ...
... ships on distant voyages , in a few years , obliged the landsmen in their closets to give up the point ; and Martin ... ship- wreck of thousands of brave men . Accordingly observations were liberally contributed from time to time , and ...
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