 | Thomas Benton Brooks - 1873 - 312 pages
...variation—the needle not actually traversing alike in any two places. He kept changing his position to take observations, all the time saying, ' How would they...his invention. At length the compass-man called for all to ' come and see a variation that will beat them all.' As we looked at the instrument, to our... | |
 | Michigan. Geological Survey - 1873 - 322 pages
...— the needle not actually traversing alike in any two places. He kept changing his position to take observations, all the time saying, ' How would they...his invention. At length the compass-man called for all to ' come and see a variation that will beat them all.' As we looked at the instrument, to our... | |
 | Alfred P. Swineford - 1876 - 320 pages
...— the needle not actually traversing alike in any two places. He kept changing his position to take observations, all the time saying, 'How would they...compass-man called for us all to ' come and see a variation that will beat them all.' As we looked at the instrument, to our astonishment the north end of the... | |
 | 1886 - 740 pages
...the needle not actually traversing alike in any two places, lie kept changing his position to take observations, all the time saying, ' How would they...through the first stages of his invention. At length the compassmau called for us all to ' come and see a variation which will beat them all.' As we looked... | |
 | william w williams - 1885 - 754 pages
...not actually traveling alike in any two places. He kept changing his position to take observation, all the time saying : " How would they survey this...compassman called for us all to '' come and see a variation that would beat them all." As we looked at the instrument, to our astonishment the north end of the... | |
 | 1886 - 740 pages
...— the needle not actually traversing alike in any two places. He kept changing his position to take observations, all the time saying 'how would they...called for us all to 'come and see a variation which will beat them all.' As we looked at the instrument, to our astonishment the north end of the needle... | |
 | 1886 - 746 pages
...— the needle not actually traversing alike in any two places. He kept changing his position to take observations, all the time saying 'how would they...called for us all to 'come and see a variation which will beat them all.' As we looked at the instrument, to our astonishment the north end of the needle... | |
 | 1888 - 722 pages
...any two places. He kept changing his position to take observations, all the while saying, ' How could they survey this country without my compass ? What...called for us all to come and see a variation which would beat them all. As we looked at the instrument, to our astonishment the north end of the needle... | |
 | Alvah Bradish - 1889 - 330 pages
...variation, the needle not actually traversing alike in any two places. He kept changing his position to take observations, all the time saying: '*How would they survey this country without my compass f What could be done here without my compass f ' " It was the full and complete realization of what... | |
 | Alvah Littlefield Sawyer - 1911 - 670 pages
...— the needle not actually traversing alike in any two places. He kept changing his position to take observations, all the time saying: 'How would they...called for us all to 'come and see a variation which will beat them all.' As we looked at the instrument, to our astonishment the north end of the needle... | |
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As we looked at the instrument, to our astonishment the north end of the needle was traversing a few degrees to the south of west. Mr. Burt called out, 'Boys, look around and see what you can find! 
