adjustment of compass
1compass plane — /ˈkʌmpəs pleɪn/ (say kumpuhs playn) noun a plane, usually of metal, capable of adjustment to convex or concave curves and used for smoothing curved timbers …
2Vernier compass — Vernier Ver ni*er, n. [So named after the inventor, Pierre Vernier.] A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so… …
3vernier compass — noun : a surveyor s compass with a vernier by means of which a compensating adjustment may be made for magnetic variation to enable the reading of the correct bearings directly from the compass * * * Survey. a compass on a transit (vernier… …
4Hair compass — Hair Hair (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r; akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming… …
5hair compass — noun : a compass that permits of minute adjustment …
6Mercator, Gerardus — orig. Gerard Kremer born March 5, 1512, Rupelmonde, Flanders died Dec. 2, 1594, Duisburg, Duchy of Cleve Flemish cartographer. He received a master s degree in 1532 from the University of Louvain (Belgium), where he settled. By 24 he was a… …
7Course Setting Bomb Sight — The CSBS Mk. IX mounted in a Fairey Battle. The bomb aimer is sighting through the white ring shaped backsights to the pin shaped foresights (just visible against the armoured cable) and holding the bomb release switch in his right hand. The… …
8Magnetic declination — Example of magnetic declination showing a compass needle with a positive (or easterly ) variation from geographic north. Magnetic declination is the angle between magnetic north (the direction the north end of a compass needle points) and true… …
9hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …
10New Deal — Herbert Hoover (links) und Franklin D. Roosevelt (rechts) unmittelbar vor Roosevelts Amtsübernahme am 4. März 1933 Der New Deal war ein unter Präsident Franklin Delano Roosevelt durchgesetztes Bündel von Wirtschafts und Sozialreformen in den USA …
