The Quick and Easy Guide to Compass Correction
By: George H. Reid.
Publisher: Sheridan House
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Dobbs Ferry, NY
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 69
Subjects: Compass.
Other titles: Compass correction
Description: In this handy little book, George Reid describes the numerous causes of compass error: variation, deviation, misalignment, lazy compass, frozen compass, and intermittent deviation.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; label: 1
title: An Introduction to Compass Error; label: 2
title: The Magnetic Compass: How it Works; label: 3
title: Compass Error and its Causes; label: 4
title: Applying Compass Error; label: 5
title: How to Find Compass Error; label: 6
title: An Explaination of Compass Correstion Tables; label: 7
title: Swinging Ship:How to Set Up a Deviation Table; label: 8
title: Adjusting the Compass; label: 9
title: Summary; label: 10
title: Sources of Nautical Books, Charts, and Navigational Instruments; title: Appendices; title: Index