Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

compass variations such as are necessary
to a mariner The task is large one, II
the work is to be as thoroughly done as
the directors hope, but the building OK the
non-magnetic ship is regarded as an I'M
portant step toward the accomplishment
of the project TO which they nave set
themselves.
The first work of the institution was IN
the Pacific ocean and was done Win tne
converted wooden yacht Galilee. For
more than thirty years previous to 1900
nothing had been done to determine the
compass variations on the great ocean
that lies to the west OF the American
continents. except along the shores anu
off nearby islands
The Galilee began its work August /.
1903. and i'm three years made three sue
cessive voyages in the Pacific, tracing the
great circle route. winding ITS way III
and out among the islands of that ocean
and completing the work left by the Chal-
lenger expedition of 1SI2-76. The Galilee
touched Sitka, Alaska. aud Lyttieton.
New Zealand. going over 5000 miles III
those three years. Many or the Scler-
titic and experienced men connected with
that work will be aboard the Carnegie
when she HOSTS sail in New York harDor
next summer.
But the work of the Carnegie 1nstitu-
ton in this line has not been limited to
the voyages Of the Galilee. Many mag
netic observations have been made IN
other parts of the world. There are now
and Asia Minor and one is now starting
work in China. The institution also has
data from its own expeditions sent out
To South and Central America, British
North America and Greenland.
With the progress that has already Deen
made, it estimates that the magnetic sur
vey of the world De completed in
about ten years. In the accomplishment
of that end the ironless and steelless
nautical freak now building In Brooklyn
MI "a
When the work Is finished the insttu-
ton will have issued charts covering the
navigable waters OF practically the whole
earth: and by means of these charts.
showing the lines of equal variations ana
other facts, the navigation of the seas.
trackless and yet with their dangers hid
den back of the varying compass, Will 10
made safer
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