 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...  The Edinburgh Annual Register - Seite 3491823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1824 - 462 Seiten
...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 as to be completely overcome by the attraction of the ship. The compasses, therefore, for all the purposes of navigation, were completely... | |
 | 1821 - 476 Seiten
...and the usual observations for determining the variation on board ship were necessarily abandoned. On the 7th August, in Lat. 73°, they witnessed, for...needle 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,... | |
 | 1821 - 464 Seiten
...and the usual observations for determining the variation on board ship were necessarily abandoned. On the 7th August, in Lat. 73°, they witnessed, for...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... | |
 | 1821 - 572 Seiten
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 | 1821 - 694 Seiten
...were making a very near approach to the magnetic pole. " We now, therefore," says Captain Parry, " witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon...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 pole... | |
 | 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 Seiten
...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...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 pole... | |
 | 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 Seiten
...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...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 pole... | |
 | 1821 - 512 Seiten
...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...needle becoming so weak as to be completely overcome by the attraction of the ship ; so that the needle might now be said to point to the north pole of the... | |
 | 1822 - 524 Seiten
...as the ship's head was placed on one side or the other of the magnetic meridian. We now, therefore, witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon...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 pole... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 786 Seiten
...The sufferers spoke thick and indistinctly, and could not return a rational ал348 CHAP. 349 swer till the returning circulation restored the faculties....completely overcome by that action, the needle pointing to die north pole of the ship. About the 102d degree of west longitude, the variation changed from westerly... | |
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