 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...  Annals of Philosophy - Page 661821Full view - About this book
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...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 pages
...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...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 pages
...proceeded ; and when they had reached lat. 73°, ' we witnessed,' says Captain Parry, ' for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the directive power of the...attraction of the ship; so that the needle might now be properly said to point to the north pole of the ship.' For all the purposes of navigation, therefore,... | |
 | 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 pages
...proceeded ; and when they had reached lat. 73°, ' we witnessed,' says Captain Parry, ' for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the directive power of the...attraction of the ship; so' that the needle might now be properly said to point to the north pole of the ship.' For all the purposes of navigation, therefore,... | |
 | 1821 - 694 pages
...approach to the magnetic pole. " We now, therefore," says Captain Parry, " witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the directive power of the...attraction of the ship ; so that the needle might now be properly said to point to the north pole of the ship. It was only, however, in those compasses in which... | |
 | 1821 - 464 pages
...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... | |
 | 1822 - 524 pages
...on one side or the other of the magnetic meridian. We now, therefore, witnessed, for the first time, the curious phenomenon of the directive power of the...attraction of the ship ; so that the needle might now be properly said to point to the north pole of the ship. It was only, however, in those compasses in which... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1823 - 780 pages
...increased uniformly and rapidly. 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 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 pages
...increased uniformly and rapidly. 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 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,... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 674 pages
...power of the needle became so weak,' that it was completely overcome by the attraction of the iron in the ship, " so that the needle might now be said to point to the north pole of the ship. And by an experiment it was found, that a needle suspended by a thread, the movements of which were... | |
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