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Meanings of compass card in inglés

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

Synonyms
Examples for "mariner's compass"
Examples for "mariner's compass"
1
Almost instantaneously we detected that the mariner's compass had vanished with him.
By Water to the Columbian Exposition
2
His mariner's compass and sounding machine have done good service to seamen.
The Strand Magazine, Vol. 05, Issue 30, June 1893 / An Illustrat...
3
In common with other ancients they knew the principle of the mariner's compass.
The Age of Invention: A Chronicle of Mechanical Conquest
4
The rose is the face or card of the mariner's compass.
Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 03
5
The mariner's compass, perhaps derived from the Arabs, also came into general use.
Early European History
Usage of compass card in inglés
1
The mariners' compass with a pivoted needle and compass card was introduced.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
2
I glanced at the compass card, and brought the wheel up a spoke.
The sailcloth shroud
3
I thought I heard him say something, and glanced up from the compass card.
The sailcloth shroud
4
Galbraith peered at the swaying compass card, giving himself time.
Relentless Pursuit
5
The brown eyes gazed thoughtfully at the compass card.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
6
That'll show us the compass card at least.
Alias the Lone Wolf
7
At last he fastened his eyes on the compass card, took refuge, in spirit, inside the binnacle.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
8
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
9
He peered at the compass card.
Relentless Pursuit
10
He glanced at the tilting compass card but his mind did not register it, nor the helmsman's resentful scowl.
Heart of oak
11
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
12
He watched the compass card steady and felt the keel slicing through the steep rollers as if they were nothing.
The Only Victor
13
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
14
The necessity of holding one's job: what an iron filing that is on the compass card of a man's brain!
Mince Pie
15
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
16
"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 ...