PALINURUS
Source: 567
Pal′inu″rus (?), n. [[So called from L. Palinurus, the pilot of Æneas.]] (Naut.) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass.
Source: 567
Pal′inu″rus (?), n. [[So called from L. Palinurus, the pilot of Æneas.]] (Naut.) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass.