What is an instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass called?
palinurus — An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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