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... strong swell—indeed there always is in this ocean—but the seas ran small. The sky looked like marble, with its broad spreadings of high white clouds and the veins of blue sky between. I wished to make all the northing that was possible, but there was nothing to be done in that way with the spritsail alone. Had not the capstan been frozen I should have tried to get the mainsail upon the ship, but without the aid of machinery I was helpless. So, with helm ...

— The Frozen Pirate • W. Clark Russell

... doubly glad of the result of the observations, not only for the sake of Marvin, whose services had been invaluable and who deserved the privilege of claiming a higher northing than Nansen and Abruzzi, but also for the honor of Cornell University, to the faculty of which he belonged, and two of whose alumni and patrons had been generous contributors to the Peary Arctic Club. I had hoped that Marvin would be able to make a sounding at his farthest north, but there ...

— The North Pole - Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club • Robert E. Peary

... accomplishment of the first voyage was the high northing made. By observation (July 23, 1607) Hudson was in 80 deg. 23'. By reckoning, two days later, he was in 81 deg.. His reckoning, because of his ignorance of the currents, always has been considered doubtful. His observed position recently has been questioned by Sir Martin Conway, ...

— Henry Hudson - A Brief Statement Of His Aims And His Achievements • Thomas A. Janvier

... supposed from analogy to affect their specific attractions or affinities: and thus the stimulus of the particles of blood may be diminished, though not their momentum. As the tides of the sea obey the southing and northing of the moon (allowing for the time necessary for their motion, and the obstructions of the shores), it is probable, that there are also atmospheric tides on both sides of the earth, which to the inhabitants ...

— Zoonomia, Vol. I - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin