- particular, on maps.
Comp****es can be used for mathematics, drafting,
navigation and
other purposes.
Prior to computerization,
comp****es and
other tools for...
-
drawing table tools. In 1874 the
founder Emil
Oskar Richter invented the
bow comp****.
After switching its
focus to
overhead projectors in the late 1960s,...
- to
designate the
names of the prin****l
winds on the
comp**** rose
found in mariners'
comp****es and
portolan charts of the 14th and 15th centuries. The...
- A
bow window or
comp**** window is a
curved bay window.
Bow windows are
designed to
create space by
projecting beyond the
exterior wall of a building, and...
- The
bow and
arrow is a
ranged weapon system consisting of an
elastic launching device (
bow) and long-shafted
projectiles (arrows).
Humans used
bows and...
- and
their intermediate points. It is used on
comp****es (including
magnetic ones), maps (such as
comp**** rose networks), or monuments. It is particularly...
- 360°. An
object at 022.5°
relative would be 'two
points off the
starboard bow', an
object at 101.25°
relative would be 'one
point abaft the
starboard beam'...
- A
bow drill is a
simple hand-operated type of tool,
consisting of a rod (the
spindle or
drill shaft) that is set in
rapid rotary motion by
means of a...
- earn, on a
square deal", and the "
Comp****es"
represents "the
North Star". In
addition to the
Square and
Comp****es,
Taylor described the
other symbols...
- navigation, the
heading of a
vessel or
aircraft is the
comp**** direction in
which the craft's
bow or nose is pointed. Note that the
heading may not necessarily...
