Azimuth Compass

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A compass placed in some convenient part of a ship on the midship line and provided with vanes, screws, and other apparatus for observing the bearings of heavenly and terrestrial objects.

Keywords

stars, direction, astonomy

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Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: An encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1889)

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