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Significats de compass card en anglès

Compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north.

Sinònims
Examples for "mariner's compass"
Examples for "mariner's compass"
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Almost instantaneously we detected that the mariner's compass had vanished with him.
By Water to the Columbian Exposition
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His mariner's compass and sounding machine have done good service to seamen.
The Strand Magazine, Vol. 05, Issue 30, June 1893 / An Illustrat...
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In common with other ancients they knew the principle of the mariner's compass.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
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The rose is the face or card of the mariner's compass.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03
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The mariner's compass, perhaps derived from the Arabs, also came into general use.
Early European History
Ús de compass card en anglès
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The mariners' compass with a pivoted needle and compass card was introduced.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
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I glanced at the compass card, and brought the wheel up a spoke.
The sailcloth shroud
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I thought I heard him say something, and glanced up from the compass card.
The sailcloth shroud
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Galbraith peered at the swaying compass card, giving himself time.
Relentless Pursuit
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The brown eyes gazed thoughtfully at the compass card.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
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That'll show us the compass card at least.
Alias the Lone Wolf
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At last he fastened his eyes on the compass card, took refuge, in spirit, inside the binnacle.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
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You are to keep your eyes on that compass card and move quicker when I give an order.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
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He peered at the compass card.
Relentless Pursuit
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He glanced at the tilting compass card but his mind did not register it, nor the helmsman's resentful scowl.
Heart of oak
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The Malay at the helm looked fixedly at the compass card, the Captain and the Serang stared at the coast.
The End of the Tether
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He watched the compass card steady and felt the keel slicing through the steep rollers as if they were nothing.
The Only Victor
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Covering these is a thin, wood board upon which is fastened a neatly drawn dial resembling a mariner's compass card.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
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The necessity of holding one's job: what an iron filing that is on the compass card of a man's brain!
Mince Pie
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A brief glance at the tilting compass card, seeing the helmsman's fist opening and closing around a spoke, as if beating time to something.
Man of War
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"Aye, aye," answered Harriet promptly, shifting the wheel slightly, eyes fixed on the trembling compass card.
The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea; Or, The Loss of The Lonesome ...