| 单词 | dead reckoning |
| 例句 | Maddie flew alone, careful and happy, low over the snow-tipped Highlands on those pretty tapered wings, deafened by the Merlin engine, navigating by dead reckoning. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They used dead reckoning and followed coastlines as far as they could. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seventy-two hours through the Roaring Forties. Seventy-two hours by dead reckoning, and then you enter Salem Harbor. Why, you...begging your pardon, ma’am, for what I’m thinking.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She can navigate by the stars, and by dead reckoning, but I think she learned to use her sense of direction properly because her granddad gave her a motorbike for her sixteenth birthday. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Slocum used an antiquated method known as dead reckoning to navigate his way with astounding accuracy around the globe. Frank Bascombe’s Seafaring Foil 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z We headed for it by dead reckoning, legs and arms bleeding from rocks and plants. Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Reading a family novel offers a tried-and-true method of dead reckoning with the family we didn’t choose — a means of measuring our own trajectory beside the quandaries of others navigating family dramas. It’s All in the Family in These New Novels From Veteran Authors 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z They were flying on two engines, fighting a headwind, still icing up, with no wireless and only dead reckoning to get them home. ‘A God in Ruins,’ by Kate Atkinson 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z “We learned about dead reckoning, where they sailed by their knowledge of the stars and the currents,” explains Musker. How Disney's Positioning Moana as the Ultimate Anti-Princess 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The approach didn’t work on the first dive and they instead used “dead reckoning,” or calculating their location based on previous position and speed. WA researchers remember red flags and discoveries on OceanGate submersible 2023-06-24T04:00:00Z Navigating by dead reckoning, a seaman’s instinct, Mr. Webber piloted the boat through darkness and turbulence. Andrew Fitzgerald, Who Saved Men From a Storm-Sundered Ship, Dies at 87 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Mostly, however, they will employing dead reckoning, based on data from accelerometers, to steer themselves autonomously. A fantastical ship has set out to seek Malaysian Airlines flight 370 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z “We navigated pretty much on dead reckoning,” Davis said. In Cold War Cuba, failed rescue delivered high adventure 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Sahara desert ants are known to use a kind of dead reckoning to judge distance. Ants That Make Progress Backward 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z In mammals, said Dr. Jayaraman, the brain cells involved in dead reckoning are not all in one place. The Circle That Gives Fruit Flies Direction 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Navigating perilous domestic and foreign waters by dead reckoning, he often felt compelled to be a shameless schemer. FDR: A Monumental Man 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Modern commercial aircraft are generally flown by a computer autopilot that tracks its position using motion sensors and dead reckoning, corrected as necessary by GPS. Planes Without Pilots 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Whatever the unseen forces that are being harnessed here, it sure brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “dead reckoning.” EXCHANGE: Man can bring cemeteries back from the dead 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z You learned "dead reckoning"--a skill that was taught as an important part of learning how to navigate. Survival Skills Every Entrepreneur Needs 2012-09-25T19:42:14Z Dr. Jayaraman was investigating a kind of navigation called dead reckoning, or, in technical terms, angular path integration. The Circle That Gives Fruit Flies Direction 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z It was a case of dead reckoning, and now no one knew exactly what part of Western Australia they were approaching--whether it was north or south of the Fremantle aerodrome. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z It is a position about 19 miles N. by E. of the position of the Titanic when she foundered, and is said to have been fixed by dead reckoning and verified by observations. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z Everest, we imagined, must be nearly due West of Kharta, and our direction at the end of this second day by a rough dead reckoning would be something like South-west. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z But having no timepieces, they were unable to ascertain their longitude by observation of the heavenly bodies, and had to rely on dead reckoning alone. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z In dead reckoning, animals use visual cues, like landmarks, and also a sense of where their bodies are pointed. The Circle That Gives Fruit Flies Direction 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z It was late evening-time when the —— reached that part of the South Atlantic Ocean where previous experience and dead reckoning led our captain to believe that Sierra Leone existed. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Steer by dead reckoning, if necessary: you will get your bearings in time. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z The poorest little fishing cobble is best guided by celestial observations, and dead reckoning without sun or stars is but second best. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z On the evening of March 26, with a pedometer and other methods of dead reckoning for position, we found ourselves at latitude 84° 24ʹ, longitude 96° 53ʹ. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It was fortunate that we did so, for thenceforward thickening weather and overcast skies prevented any observation of the heavenly bodies, and "dead reckoning" was our only means of knowing the ship's position. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z He who steers by dead reckoning is liable to error and delay. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z He was not an accomplished navigator, having neglected his studies; he was accustomed to trust entirely to "dead reckoning." Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z Twenty miles, estimated, 263 due south of Cape Constitution, Morton made the latitude, by meridian altitude of the sun, 80� 41� N., which by dead reckoning made the cape 81� 1�. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z On April 30 the pedometer registered one hundred and twenty-one miles, and by our system of dead reckoning, which was usually correct, we should have been at latitude 87°, 59ʹ, longitude 100°. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Navigation was by radio and dead reckoning, said Don Marshall, 88, of Scottsdale, Arizona. World War II "Hump" pilots meet for final reunion 2011-05-04T23:10:48Z As the captain could get no sights, he had to make his course by dead reckoning, which is seldom accurate.” The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z And to those passionately watchful eyes the course of the steamer had seemed to lie in a dead reckoning right across the lifeboat. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z The entering of all these particulars in the log-book is termed keeping the dead reckoning, and the working out of the calculations just referred to is called working up the day’s work. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z "By dead reckoning I estimate we have covered twenty-five miles," he announced. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z At noon, the weather was so thick, that no observations could be had for fixing the position of the ship—latitude, by dead reckoning, 30° 19′; longitude 53° 02′. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z They had to navigate first by dead reckoning, following the landmarks in the vicinity of King’s Bay. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z The sense of bounding over the waves, the sense of being on an adventurous voyage, was the living fact; the rest was dead reckoning. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z “If Balls goes, we’re on a dead reckoning for Downing Street,” one Conservative said. Britain?s Tory Leader, Cameron, Walks Labour?s Turf 2010-04-29T01:54:00Z Some at the conference argued that with the growing maritime use of sat-nav, crews were less able to revert to classic methods of map-reading and "dead reckoning". GPS vulnerable to hacker attacks 2010-02-23T20:45:00Z In terms of dead reckoning, Berlin is as far from Hemlock Mountain as Hemlock Mountain is from Berlin, but in terms of human relations Glory felt the distance as infinitely greater than did her husband. The Law of Hemlock Mountain They turned around, after adjusting their compasses, and made once more for Paris by dead reckoning. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z The ice can hardly have had such a considerable drift during those particular days, seeing that our dead reckoning in other respects tallied so well with the observations. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 There being no sun visible in that storm, no observations could be taken, so we had to sail by "dead reckoning." The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The extent of the subject is perhaps beyond the safe traverse of a mariner's dead reckoning. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war There was no way to determine the vessel's position except by dead reckoning—always a dangerous thing to trust when there is much leeway and many cross-currents. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers He had to navigate the whole trip back by dead reckoning! Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z As we haven't been able to rig a log-ship and line, and as the steering has been, to say the least of it, erratic, our dead reckoning has been some of the roughest. The Recipe for Diamonds Mr. Hay, you’ll have to watch your dead reckoning; I want every yard she makes on every hair’s-breadth of a course. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston “And the principles of elementary navigation by dead reckoning?” Gold Position by dead reckoning—no observations being possible—lat. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' But anybody who has navigated a plane by dead reckoning knows that it was a feat that called for great skill. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z The distances given by Columbus are those of dead reckoning beyond any question. Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers “What do we want of dead reckoning?” he asked. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Captains don't like it very well when it is cloudy for several days together, for then they have nothing to tell them just where the ship is, but what is called "dead reckoning." The Sandman: His Sea Stories Unless observations can be had by aid of the sun at noon-day, no ship is sure of her position; dead reckoning will not answer here. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months To find your position by dead reckoning, you go on the theory that small sections of the earth are flat. Lectures in Navigation The actual length of Columbus's first voyage, from last sight of land in the Canaries to first sight of land in the Bahamas, was according to his own dead reckoning about 3,230 geographical miles. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest Bring the slate; we’ll have to start our dead reckoning right away.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston I’m only guessing, doing dead reckoning on our motor speed. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri It is just in the single matter of keeping a ‘dead reckoning’ that an ocean ship has the advantage of this craft. With Airship and Submarine A Tale of Adventure This can be done by calculating the dead reckoning from the previous sight, or, what is even simpler, laying the distance off on the plotting chart. Lectures in Navigation From Front Royal to Luray her way must be on dead reckoning and Apache’s incomprehensible instinct, and those miles seemed to Beverly to be double the length of ordinary miles. A Dixie School Girl By means of dead reckoning and the compass and cross-staff, Captain Wellsby hoped to work out a position but meanwhile he scanned the sea with a sense of brooding anxiety. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Kate and I felt like perfect tramps beside her in our muddy old raiment, with our hair dressed by dead reckoning—for we had not included a mirror in our baggage. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 At nine o'clock we were just abreast of it, which proved that our dead reckoning was correct. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi Next day Condent attempted to make his way by dead reckoning, but whenever he went wrong a bird flew in his face, and a ship crowded with skeletons approached him in the mist. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate We are just about here, by dead reckoning.” A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy Mr Sudberry said this heartily, and went off to the baker’s—by dead reckoning—discomfited but chuckling. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication His plan, in fact, was similar to that of the Colonel; only his estimate was to be based on the observation, while that of the Colonel was based on the dead reckoning. Rollo on the Atlantic Washburn noted the departure on the log slate in the pilot-house, and, as it was necessary for us to run by our dead reckoning, the log was heaved every hour. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi Thus we continued till by dead reckoning we calculated that we were about thirty leagues south of the parallel of the Horn, and in longitude eighty-seven degrees west. The Frozen Pirate Cloudy, thick weather and heavy gales would prevail so as to prevent any solar or lunar observations, and reduce the dead reckoning to mere guess work. The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner George and Fred candidly declared that they preferred to steer by “dead reckoning,” and left their compasses at home. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication “I’ve been thinking that for some time, Barney,” replied Martin; “but you have your compass, and we can surely make the coast by dead reckoning—eh?” Martin Rattler “Yes, sir, I can work up a dead reckoning, and take the sun’s altitude.” Newton Forster The Merchant Service The mode I have thus briefly described of finding the ship’s course is called “dead reckoning.” Peter the Whaler We had for many days been sailing entirely by dead reckoning, while the current had set us out of our course. Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures Even now, there’s many a man in charge of a vessel who never takes more than a meridional observation, if even that; and having found his latitude, runs down the longitude by dead reckoning. The Pirate of the Mediterranean A Tale of the Sea “There is no necessity to bother ourselves by taking observations or keeping a dead reckoning, but, like the navigators of old, we shall never lose sight of land.” The Three Lieutenants “I found that our dead reckoning was nearly thirty leagues out, some set of current having carried us considerably to the westward; but when I told this to Mr Macdougall, he called me a fool.” On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story “And I see, too, you’ve put in the distance we’ve run, by dead reckoning, as about another fifty miles or so?” The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea The entering of all these particulars in the log-book is termed keeping the dead reckoning, and the working out of the calculations just referred to is called working up the days work. For Treasure Bound He clenched his teeth and bent over the paper again, redoubling his efforts to triangulate a fix on Regulus by using dead reckoning as a basis for his computations. Stand by for Mars! But Bennie knew that Burke could drive his machine by dead reckoning and strike within a few leagues of a target a thousand miles away. The Man Who Rocked the Earth Now, a clear, calm day, with the temperature not lower than minus forty, made a checking of our dead reckoning seem desirable. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club The Chateaugay stood due south till six o'clock at little more than half speed, and when she came about her dead reckoning indicated that she was seventy-five miles to the south-west of Gibbs Hill light. Fighting for the Right Not a gleam of sun had been seen for three weeks, and the ship's progress had to be worked by dead reckoning. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family He ground his cud and muttered ugly things to himself, for his dead reckoning had gone astray and he was worried. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates But they had their method of dead reckoning and always appeared to know where they were, even though land had not been sighted for days. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell On board ship dead reckoning is the compass course for direction and the reading of the log for distance. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club At Camp Number 20: Sun dead reckoning nearly the same 19 degrees 37 minutes. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills The log indicated that the ship was making six knots an hour, the rate being ascertained every two hours, and entered on the log-slate, to be used in making up the "dead reckoning." Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat By dead reckoning and the assistance of his chart he was able to check from minute to minute his approximate position. Round the World in Seven Days Youth has the sun and the stars by which to determine his position on the sea of life; Age must sail by dead reckoning and knows not whither he is bound. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales It goes without saying that mere dead reckoning, entirely unchecked by astronomical observations, would be insufficient for scientific purposes. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club The sketch was made solely by dead reckoning. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills The position of the ship was found, and marked on the chart, and the "dead reckoning" compared with the result obtained by calculation. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat On leaving the sea, he flew over a flat country until, on his right, he saw in the moonlight a dark mass which from dead reckoning he thought must be the Ardennes. Round the World in Seven Days Our latitude observed was 8 degrees 57 minutes south and longitude made by dead reckoning from Coupang 3 degrees 27 minutes west. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship The distance which we traveled day by day was at first determined by dead reckoning, to be verified later by observations for latitude. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club Observations taken at Camp 16: Aldebaran 19 degrees 14 minutes 21 seconds; ditto Castor 19 degrees 24 minutes 30 seconds; ditto Sun 19 degrees 24 minutes 30 seconds; ditto dead reckoning 19 degrees 24 minutes. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills Just about there, as it were; and that his dead reckoning was correct. London River We had reason to expect this, from the differences between the longitude given by the watch and dead reckoning, which, since our leaving Teneriffe, amounted to one degree. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time My longitude made by dead reckoning from the island Tofoa to our passage through the reef is 40 degrees 10 minutes west. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship When we checked up our dead reckoning by astronomical observations, the mean of our three estimates was found to be a satisfactory approximation to the results of the observations. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club "I have often seen balloons in the air," remarked Willis, "but I could never make out their dead reckoning." Willis the Pilot Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning—an endeavor to navigate a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have to run, but without observation of the heavenly bodies. The Jericho Road No two explorers dickering over azimuth and dead reckoning could discuss latitude and longitude more earnestly than Titania and I argue our possible courses. Shandygaff The ship was 3 degrees 22 minutes in longitude to the eastward of the dead reckoning, which the timekeeper almost invariably proved to be owing to a current giving us more easting than the log. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship On the inland ice of Greenland my dead reckoning was the compass course, and the reading of my odometer, a wheel with a cyclometer registering apparatus. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club "I've been thinking that for some time, Barney," replied Martin; "but you have your compass, and we can surely make the coast by dead reckoning—eh?" Martin Rattler In this passage of twenty-six days from Mauritius, the error in dead reckoning amounted to 1� 18' south and 2� 21' west, which might be reasonably attributed to the current. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 "Yes, sir, I can work up a dead reckoning, and take the sun's altitude." Newton Forster At noon, the latitude from dead reckoning was 43� 36', and longitude 163� 2'; the course having been S. S. W. 72 miles.* A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 One might say in general that dead reckoning on the polar ice is the personal estimate of approximate distance, always checked and corrected from time to time by astronomical observations. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club "Gunnery is navigation, dead reckoning, with the spotting observer the sun by which you correct your figures," said one of the artillery officers. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form He's been sailing by the dead reckoning, and his navigation is drivel. Moran of the Lady Letty By dead reckoning, we have done about a hundred and seventy miles in the twenty-four hours. The Captain of the Polestar It is, however, to be observed, that a fortuitous compensation of errors can alone render a dead reckoning correct in the way of such tides as we had experienced during the last twenty-four hours.* A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Moreover, we were traveling at a good clip, and the mean estimate of Bartlett, Marvin, and myself, based on our previous ice experience, was sufficient for dead reckoning. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club These two handwritings were quite distinct from each other and contained the usual notes of prevailing winds, state of weather, speed, distance indicated by patent log, dead reckonings, vessels sighted and such like. The Cruise of the Dry Dock Furthermore, he showed him how to read the log and the manner of keeping the dead reckoning. Moran of the Lady Letty By dead reckoning the hour was two, or something later; and a chill was stealing in upon the land, wafted gently southward from Long Island Sound. The Brass Bowl I have now measured the lake's centre pretty satisfactorily by triangulation, by compass in connection with astronomical observation, and twice by dead reckoning. What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile At Noon Latitude observ'd 34 degrees 18 minutes, which is 93 miles to the Southward of that given by the Log, or dead reckoning since the last observation. Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World Had altitude longitude by then 143 degrees 13 minutes 40 seconds, these agree with the dead reckoning within 3 or 4 miles. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant For the style of thing, however, "dead reckoning" did well enough. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Thus miserably erroneous are the estimated distances in old navigators, who could only compute by the dead reckoning, or the log. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time He placed the schooner in the latitude of Cape Henry on less certain data, though that was the latitude in which he supposed her to be, by dead reckoning. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers On December 13th the meridian altitude gave 89° 37', dead reckoning, 89° 38'. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) I would study these charts, and figure out our probable position by dead reckoning—there is little chance of having glimpse of the sun today; the fog out there grows heavier. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" But I trusted to daily observation of his position, and verification of my "dead reckoning" thereby, to find out any such danger in time to avert it. Across the Zodiac There was plenty of time, for by dead reckoning they could scarcely hope to sight the twin lights before eleven o’clock. Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories We�ll have to find our way out by dead reckoning.� Highland Ballad Our dead reckoning had heretofore always given the same results as our astronomical observations. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) With only one chronometer watch, one has to rely entirely on dead reckoning for longitude, the rate of a single watch being very variable. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Here I've been running by dead reckoning and now I'm on the rocks! Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley We had been six days out without an observation, and our dead reckoning naturally was uncertain. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition On comparing it with its position as laid down in my map by dead reckoning, I found we differed by three miles; I having !aid it down at 6 degrees 15 minutes south latitude. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley I had no time to observe for latitude at this spot, the position of which is fixed merely by dead reckoning. Spinifex and Sand The sea became smooth, the water was found to have receded, the wind, light, had hauled to W.S.W., and Cape Antoine was judged by dead reckoning to bear S.S.W. about thirty miles distant. Manuel Pereira This was much to be regretted, as failing the correctness of the surveyor's observations, Mr. Jardine might just as well trust to his own dead reckoning. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland A light southeaster, to which we could carry a reefed topmast studding-sail, did wonders for our dead reckoning. Two Years Before the Mast By noon we had reached 89� 53' by dead reckoning, and made ready to take the rest in one stage. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 The nights were so cloudy that I was unable to see any stars, but by dead reckoning only the position of the pool is lat. Spinifex and Sand Wrong as our dead reckoning evidently was, it could not be so wrong as that. Letters from High Latitudes The same evening — November 8 — we reached 83° S. by dead reckoning. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 During the twenty-four hours that ended Friday at noon, by dead reckoning we had not sailed twenty miles. The Cruise of the Snark The same evening -- November 8 -- we reached 83� S. by dead reckoning. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-12 — Volume 1 and Volume 2 Moreover, to renew our air supply, the submersible rose to the surface of the waves only at night, and relying solely on compass and log, it steered by dead reckoning. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Once, by dead reckoning, we gained up with the Horn and a hundred miles south of it. The Mutiny of the Elsinore By noon we had reached 89° 53' by dead reckoning, and made ready to take the rest in one stage. The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 2 And this latitude agreed with the latitude of the previous noon corrected by dead reckoning up to that moment. The Cruise of the Snark By dead reckoning, this point of the river is fifty-five miles due west from Gallabat or Metemma; throughout this distance we had seen no game, neither the tracks of any animals except giraffes. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs “Variation and deviation are used in setting courses and estimating dead reckoning.” Michael, Brother of Jerry At the present moment, by vague dead reckoning, we are two hundred miles east of them. The Mutiny of the Elsinore Bring the slate; we'll have to start our dead reckoning right away.' The Ebb-Tide Also, navigating by dead reckoning requires long study and practice. The Cruise of the Snark Hence, her contributions to the conversation were rather spasmodic, hurled in, as it were, by dead reckoning, being sometimes appropriate and sometimes savouring of a point of view not strictly Penhallowesque. Chronicles of Avonlea Both passengers and mail matter went by dead reckoning, so to speak, and could seldom get direct conveyance to their destination. The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers Captain Davenport worked up his dead reckoning, allowing generously for drift, and announced Moerenhout Island to be not more than ten miles off. South Sea Tales He took two steps forward and remembered his dead reckoning. The Ebb-Tide On Wednesday evening, June 10, I brought up my noon position by dead reckoning to eight P.M. The Cruise of the Snark Captain Nicholl frankly admitted that after sixty-three days of dead reckoning he did not know where we were. The Jacket (Star-Rover) Sailing one direction, drifting another direction, to say nothing of the set of the current in some third direction, makes a resultant which dead reckoning can never calculate. The Sea Wolf |
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