 | Eusèbe Salverte - 1847 - 332 페이지
...mingled with a just love of truth, that the existence of particular knowledge in antiquity, and among course according to the position of the four cardinal...; they then drive a needle into a wooden peg or a cornstalk, so as to form the shape of a cross, and throw it into the basin of water, on the surface... | |
 | Eusèbe Salverte - 1847 - 334 페이지
...mingled with a just love of truth, that the existence of particular knowledge in antiquity, and among course according to the position of the four cardinal...interior of the vessel ; they then drive a needle iuto a wooden peg or a cornstalk, so as to form the shape of a cross, and throw it into the basin of... | |
 | Eusèbe Salverte - 1847 - 336 페이지
...in the Penny Cyclopadia (art. History of the Compass} : " The captains who navigate the Syrian Sea, when the night is so dark as to conceal from view the stars which might direct their We must hasten to add, in order to forestall objections, in which a natural partiality would be mingled... | |
 | History - 1849 - 270 페이지
...seas long before it was generally used in Europe : — " The captains who navigate the Syrian Sea, when the night is so dark as to conceal from view...vessel. They then drive a needle into a wooden peg or corn stalk, so as to form the shape of a cross, and throw it into the basin of water prepared for the... | |
 | 1849 - 274 페이지
...seas long before it was generally used in Europe : — " The captains who navigate the Syrian sea, when the night is so dark as to conceal from view...vessel. They then drive a needle into a wooden peg or corn stalk, so as to form the shape of a cross, and throw it into the basin of water prepared for the... | |
 | 1866 - 674 페이지
...have to notice, amongst other properties of the magnet, that the captains who navigate the Syrian sea, when the night is so dark as to conceal from view...take a basin full of water, which they shelter from wind by placing it in the interior of the vessel; they then drive a needle into a wooden peg or a corn-stalk,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1858 - 474 페이지
...which gives a description of the mariner's compass at this early period. " We have to notice among the properties of the magnet, that the captains who...vessel; they then drive a needle into a wooden peg, or a cornstalk, so as to form the shape of a cross, and throw it into the basin of water prepared for the... | |
 | William Walker (Commander, R.N.) - 1863 - 116 페이지
...written in 1242, by Baïlac Kibdjaki, wherein the sea compass of tbis early period is described. + " We have to notice amongst the properties of the magnet,...which they shelter from the wind by placing it in the middle of the vessel ; they then drive a needle into a wooden peg, or a corn stalk, so as to form the... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 530 페이지
...have to notice, amongst other properties of the magnet, that the captains who navigate the Syrian Sea, when the night is so dark as to conceal from view...take a basin full of water, which they shelter from wind by placing it in the interior of the vessel ; they then drive a needle into a wooden peg or a... | |
 | 1867 - 526 페이지
...amongst other properties of the magnet, that the captains who navigate the Syrian Sea, when the night ia so dark as to conceal from view the stars which might...take a basin full of water, which they shelter from wind by placing it in the interior of the vessel ; they then drive a needle into a wooden peg or a... | |
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Syrian seas, when the night is so dark as to conceal from view the stars which might direct their course, according to the position of the four cardinal points, take a basin full of water, which they shelter from... 
