Deviation and the Deviascope: Including the Practice and Theory of Compass Adjustment |
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... latitude , so that , by analogy , they indicate magnetic latitude . The magnetic field at the surface of the earth is , in general detail and neglecting local irregularities , similar to that due to a very small magnet at the centre of ...
... latitude , so that , by analogy , they indicate magnetic latitude . The magnetic field at the surface of the earth is , in general detail and neglecting local irregularities , similar to that due to a very small magnet at the centre of ...
Page 83
... latitude and the value of Z at any place is given in the Admiralty Chart of the Vertical Intensity of the Earth . 88. The deviation due to vertical soft iron varies as tangent Dip . When the ship changes her latitude she experiences ...
... latitude and the value of Z at any place is given in the Admiralty Chart of the Vertical Intensity of the Earth . 88. The deviation due to vertical soft iron varies as tangent Dip . When the ship changes her latitude she experiences ...
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... latitude , 75 , 98 , 111 - , computation of 165 constant , 100 curves of , 65 , 71 , 91 , 97 due to vertical iron , 79-84 due to horizontal iron , 89-99 due to hard iron , 173 due to soft iron , 79 , 175 due to ship heeling , 112 , 183 ...
... latitude , 75 , 98 , 111 - , computation of 165 constant , 100 curves of , 65 , 71 , 91 , 97 due to vertical iron , 79-84 due to horizontal iron , 89-99 due to hard iron , 173 due to soft iron , 79 , 175 due to ship heeling , 112 , 183 ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Lifeboat Compass | 7 |
Terrestrial Magnetism | 14 |
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abaft the compass adjusting the compass aft magnet athwartship beams athwartship magnet axis axle B₁ B₂ binnacle blue pole bowl caused centimetres centre Co-eff compass bearing compass card compass needle compass north compass position compensated component corrected correctors deflection deflector deviascope deviation due dip circle directive force disturbing force due to hard Flinders bar force H fore and aft gyrocompass gyroscope H.E. due hard iron heeling error due hemisphere high side horizontal force induced magnetism Lambda latitude lines of force lubber line magnetic bearing magnetic force magnetic meridian magnetised magnetometer mean meridian neutral course north end Perim permanent magnetism port produced quadrantal deviation red polarity red pole represents right angles scale reading semi-circular deviation ship ship's head shore soft iron bars spheres starboard swing Tables true azimuth vertical force instrument vertical iron vertical magnet vertical soft iron vibrations westerly deviation