| 单词 | compass card |
| 例句 | The compass card consists of a paper ring, on which the "points" and degrees are engraved in the ordinary way, and is kept circular by a light ring of aluminium. Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work 2012-04-06T02:00:32.097Z The compass card consists of cut-out printed letters pasted upon a printed compass rose, and the fleur-de-lis at North is inked-in by hand. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The float has mounted upon it a compass card much like that of the ordinary magnetic instrument, and the sailor reads it in precisely the same way. Marvels of Scientific Invention An Interesting Account in Non-technical Language of the Invention of Guns, Torpedoes, Submarine Mines, Up-to-date Smelting, Freezing, Colour Photography, and many other recent Discoveries of Science 2011-11-19T03:00:24.517Z She came aft to where I was standing, and, having looked at the compass card, gazed round her. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z The bos'un did not think so, and casting an eye aloft at the canvas now beginning to fill, and then at the compass card, prepared to air his theory of the malady. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z The wind was very light, and had veered from northeast to south, according to the compass card. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z On the other hand, the dial of Huntington's compass was painted directly on the wood, and the semicircumferentors do not utilize the marine compass card. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z "The same," said his laconic subordinate, who was engaged in a rapid survey of the compass card, revolution indicator, and the horizon astern. H.M.S. —— One could go south in as many ways as there are points on the compass card, but every one of these ways is south; east and west have vanished. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893 "And where are you carrying the little ship to?" said I, looking at the illuminated disc of compass card that swung in the short, brass binnacle under his nose. A Marriage at Sea When, and by whom, the compass card was added is a matter of conjecture. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" The compass card in each of these instances is the type designed for a mariner's compass, bearing a star of 32 rays to mark the 32 points of the heavens. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The light in the binnacle is dim and spluttering, the glass smoke-blackened, and one can but see the points on the compass card. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea When a ship turns, the compass card does not turn, but the relation of the iron's magnetism to the magnets in the compass is altered. Lectures in Navigation A half point looks a small matter on the compass card, but in avoiding a shoal, or in finding a harbour, it makes all the difference. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" In connection with this system was an ingenious idea, something like a compass card, by means of which bush fires were located, and which saved a great deal of unnecessary work and riding. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 Presumably, these makers had a quantity of engraved or printed compass cards that they used in both marine and land surveying compasses. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The Second Mate, at the binnacle, sighted across the wildly swinging compass card. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Then with the parallel rulers carry the bearing of one object from the chart compass card until you can intersect the object itself and draw a line through it. Lectures in Navigation A subdivision of the compass card, equal to 5° 37′ of the circle. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The Quartermaster at the wheel was watching the compass card with a silent intensity that made his face look as if it had been carved in bronze. The Long Trick Figure 36.—Unsigned wooden surveying compass, with an interesting example of a mariner's compass card. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z There was only the flickering binnacle, tended as never was temple fire, to show the compass card. The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea By then proceeding as before, the course indicated on the compass card will be the compass course to sail. Lectures in Navigation “Yes, sir,” said the fellow who with a quid of tobacco bulging out his left cheek kept his eyes on the compass card. Chance A Tale in Two Parts The compass card was spinning round like a kitten chasing its tail, first in one direction, then in another. The Long Trick The compass card, probably the most interesting of any found in the wooden instruments, is hand-colored in black, blue, red, and gold. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z “Quite right,” said I, peering first at the compass card and then away into the opaque darkness which prevented our seeing even the surface of the water alongside. The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba The lubber line, therefore, will always represent the bow of the ship, and the point on the compass card nearest the lubber line will be the point toward which the ship is heading. Lectures in Navigation At last he fastened his eyes on the compass card, took refuge, in spirit, inside the binnacle. Chance A Tale in Two Parts The Commander stood with watchful eye on the swinging compass card. The Long Trick Within a medallion at the center of the compass card is depicted a sailing vessel at sea; surrounding the medallion is a riband inscribed "Made and Sold by Joseph Halsy Boston—New England." Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Let me pin this compass card on the table. The Captain of the Kansas The simplest and the one most in use is merely a piece of transparent celluloid with a compass card printed on it and a string attached to the center of the compass card. Lectures in Navigation The rain, however, beat on its glass in such sheets that he could not possibly have read the compass card floating by the wick. Foe-Farrell He produced a long, stiff wire, with which he pointed to the compass card. The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar The engraved compass card is quite similar to the one used by Thomas Greenough. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The diagram represents, 1st, circles of equal altitudes; 2ndly, the path of sun, stars, etc., for each 10th degree of declination; 3rdly, the hour angles, all projected down upon--4thly--the level compass card. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries An indicator showing the direction the sight vane points can be read upon the compass card on the glass dial. Lectures in Navigation For all the watchers could tell, the Adventurer never altered her course, but Steve, his gaze on the compass card, knew that she was headed now straight east. The Adventure Club Afloat As you will see, by looking at the compass card, it is divided into smaller points which are not named on the card. The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar The instrument is made of gumwood and has a paper compass card; it is 13-1/4 in. long and has a diameter of 5-3/4 in. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Thus, six circles are drawn round the centre of the compass card at equal distances apart, each ring between them representing a space of 15 degrees in altitude. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries When in doubt as to where North is, consult the compass card printed somewhere on the chart. Lectures in Navigation The necessity of holding one's job: what an iron filing that is on the compass card of a man's brain! Mince Pie She had learned her compass card well and earned the praise of the grizzled old skipper, but she was ambitious to accomplish greater things. The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar National Museum, as is usually the case with the compass cards of the Thomas Greenough instruments, has the central ring printed in gilt, and the inscription has turned black, making the inscription almost illegible. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The more modern contrivances are very effective; in these the southern half of the compass card is painted black, the northern being left white. The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Where this string cuts the compass card, will be the direction of your course. Lectures in Navigation 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 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 Three wooden instruments with his compass card exist in private and public collections. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The compass had been used first by Italian navigators in the thirteenth century, mounted on the compass card in the fourteenth. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. How the Snark's sails manage to feel it is beyond me, but feel it they do, as she does as well, for the compass card begins slowly to revolve in the binnacle. The Cruise of the Snark A thin compass card divided into degrees is fitted on the edge of this disk for the declination circle. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do They lit the lantern in order to see the compass card. The Depot Master The use of an engraved compass card indicates that the instruments were not unique, and that a number of others were produced or contemplated. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The mariners' compass with a pivoted needle and compass card was introduced. Our Legal Heritage “Yes, sir,” said the fellow who with a quid of tobacco bulging out his left cheek kept his eyes on the compass card. Chance A Tale in Two Parts The steam gear clattered, stopped, clattered again; and the helmsman's eyeballs seemed to project out of a hungry face as if the compass card behind the binnacle glass had been meat. Typhoon No record of this maker has been found, but the engraved compass card indicates that he probably worked in New England. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z A mariner's card, set into the opening with a metal vernier scale, is in the usual form of the mariner's compass card of the 18th century; it is executed as a line engraving. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z It seems quite likely that the compass card bears one of the very few surviving contemporary representations of the first Gurnet Light in Plymouth Bay. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z At last he fastened his eyes on the compass card, took refuge, in spirit, inside the binnacle. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Whether the compass card on the Warren instrument was produced by Revere is difficult to determine. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z It has been suggested that the entry in Revere's day book indicates that he merely printed the compass cards for Warren and that he did not engrave a plate. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The latter is fashioned from walnut with an engraved compass card inscribed "Aaron Breed Boston." Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Figure 63.—Page from the "day books" of Paul Revere with entry for the printing of compass cards for Benjamin Warren of Plymouth. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z The compass card, made from a line engraving, is identical in each of the three examples. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z Theodolite, about 1780, brass; horizontal circle 5 in., vertical circle 5 in., telescope 7-1/2 in., compass 3 in.; spirit level set into compass card; spirit level attached to telescope; fixed vertical circle; unsigned. Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 2012-03-15T02:00:31.610Z |
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