A ship’s steel hull becomes part of Earth’s magnetic field, which can quietly skew a magnetic compass in different directions as the vessel turns and heels. This explains how binnacle correctors work, ...

What is the difference between a barnacle and a binnacle? Anyone? Anyone? Well, yes, both are related to the sea, but the difference ends there. A barnacle is a small marine animal that likes to ...

Archaeology researcher Priit Lätti of the Estonian Maritime Museum took to the "Terevision" studio a number of artifacts discovered on the wrecked Lootsi cog, among which is Europe's oldest still ...

II. AN important objection was made to me some years ago by Capt. Evans against the use of quadrantal correctors in the Navy, that they would prevent the taking of bearings by the prismatic azimuth ...

Although manufactured in Vannes, France in 1764 , this compass was the property of a Captain Forrest of Stirling. Although Stirling is well inland in Scotland it was once a thriving port because of ...

THIS first volume, which is to be followed by a second devoted to ships' compasses, takes a wide sweep over physical science generally. Sound waves, light waves, kathode rays, Röntgen rays and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This compass–with six needles, and a ...