The Encyclopædia Britannica, Or, Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 16. köideAdam & Charles Black, 1858 |
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... Correction of certain Errors in Navigation , where he fully explained the reason of extending the length of the ... corrected some History mistakes in the original , adding a large table 4 NAVIGATION .
... Correction of certain Errors in Navigation , where he fully explained the reason of extending the length of the ... corrected some History mistakes in the original , adding a large table 4 NAVIGATION .
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... correcting such errors as pre- vailed in general practice , the log - line did not fall under his notice . Richard Norwood , however , put in execution the method recommended by Wright as the most perfect for measuring the dimensions of ...
... correcting such errors as pre- vailed in general practice , the log - line did not fall under his notice . Richard Norwood , however , put in execution the method recommended by Wright as the most perfect for measuring the dimensions of ...
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... correcting the gross errors hitherto committed in the divisions of the log - line . But necessary amendments have ... corrected by skilful persons , as was done in 1644 and 1756 , by Mountain and Dodson . In the Philosophical ...
... correcting the gross errors hitherto committed in the divisions of the log - line . But necessary amendments have ... corrected by skilful persons , as was done in 1644 and 1756 , by Mountain and Dodson . In the Philosophical ...
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... corrected accordingly . The distance sailed , therefore , may be affected by an error in the glass or in the line , or in both . The true distance may , however , be found as follows : - PROB . 1. - The distance sailed by the log , and ...
... corrected accordingly . The distance sailed , therefore , may be affected by an error in the glass or in the line , or in both . The true distance may , however , be found as follows : - PROB . 1. - The distance sailed by the log , and ...
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... correcting the ciples . Prelimin- sailed by the log . To find the true distance we must evi- ary prin- dently ... CORRECTIONS OF COURSES . Mariner's Compass . A ship is enabled to keep her course at sea by means of an instrument called ...
... correcting the ciples . Prelimin- sailed by the log . To find the true distance we must evi- ary prin- dently ... CORRECTIONS OF COURSES . Mariner's Compass . A ship is enabled to keep her course at sea by means of an instrument called ...
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