It will be seen that there are two passengers on the aeroplane, one being Mr. Wilbur Wright, the other a pupil.] Geographical knowledge of the ancient Egyptians, p. 5--The mariner's compass, p. 7--Reference to the thirty-two points of the compass by Chaucer, p. 9--Halley's observations on the changes in the direction of the compass in a century, p. 10--Deviation of the compass, p. 11--The voyage of the _Carnegie_, the non-magnetic ship, p. 12--The "dip of the needle" first observed by Robert Norman, p. 13--The modern compass invented by Lord Kelvin, p. 14--Sailing by dead reckoning, p. 14--The invention of the "log," p. 15--The modern log, p. 17--The development of the sex…
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