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THIS useful little book, the sections of which are accompanied by diagrams, is an endeavour on the part of the author to convey to the reader in as concise a manner as possible the various causes of deviation, and the methods of overcoming them, without the use of mathematical formulæ.
An Explanation of the Adjustment of Ships' Compasses.
By Commander L. W. P. Chetwynd, R.N. Pp. 24. (London: J. D. Potter, 1909.) Price 2s.
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L., H. An Explanation of the Adjustment of Ships' Compasses . Nature 80, 276 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080276a0
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