178 MESSES. SMilTH EYANS ON THE EEFEOT OE THE LENGTH OF 
Appendix I. 
Deviations of the Standard Compass of the Steam-ship Great Eastern, 
after compensation with magnets and soft iron. 
Ship’s head by 
standard compass. 
Holyhead, 
23rd to 24th October, 1859. 
Southampton, 
12th to 15th June, 1860. 
North. 
O / 
O / 
N by E. 
N.N.E. 
0 0 
N.E by N. 
1 0 W. 
N.E. 
2 20 W. 
N.E by E. 
3 45 W. 
E.N.E. 
4 45 W. 
E by N. 
4 15 W. 
East. 
2 30 W. 
E bv S. 
0 0 
E.S.E. 
2 0 E. 
S.E by E. 
2 0 E. 
S.E. 
1 0 E. 
S.E by S. 
0 20 W. 
S.S.E. 
1 40 W. 
S by E. 
1 20 E. 
South. 
1 15 E. 
S by W. 
0 0 
S.S.W. 
1 45 E. 
S.W by S. 
2 0 E. 
s.w. 
0 0 
S.W by W. 
4 0 W. 
w.s.w. 
5 20 W. 
W by S. 
3 0 W. 
West. 
1 30 E. 
W by N. 
4 15 E. 
4 45 E. 
W.N.W. ! 
4 25 E. 
6 0 E. 
N.W by W. i 
3 30 E. 
5 40 E. 
N.W. ' 
1 30 E. 
4 0 E. 
N.W by N. 1 
0 40 W’. 
1 0 E. 
N.N.W. : 
2 10 W. 
N by W. 1 
— The points of the compass left blank are those on which no observation could 
be made, from the direction of the wind, on the days of observation, not' allo^vuig the 
ship to swing to these points. 
