isogonic lines
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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isogonic lines, lines drawn on a
chart which connects points of equal
variation of the
magnetic compass. The first world chart to incorporate isogonic lines was published in 1701 by Edmund Halley (1656–1742). Called a
General Chart of the Variations of the Compass, it was a notable landmark in the history and development of
chartmaking and
navigation.
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Edward Hammond Hargraves
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Pretenders, The
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Navy, Confederate
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
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