pocket-compass

Besides these we had an ordinary little pocket-compass, two pairs of binoculars, one by Zeiss and the other by Goertz, and snow-goggles from Dr. Schanz.

The South Pole~ Plan and Preparations 2009

While the landlord is endeavouring to make this discovery in his own way, Mr. Goodchild plunges his hand under his wet coat, draws out a little red morocco-case, opens it, and displays to the view of his companions a neat pocket-compass.

The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices 2007

This latter direction I at once established by means of a pocket-compass; then, pointing the glass as nearly at an angle of twenty-one degrees of elevation as I could do it by guess, I moved it cautiously up or down, until my attention was arrested by a circular rift or opening in the foliage of a large tree that overtopped its fellows in the distance.

The Gold-Bug 2006

The engineer ascertained by consulting his pocket-compass that the direction of the river from the first turn was obviously southwest and northeast, and nearly straight for a length of about three miles.

The Mysterious Island 2005

The exploration of these dense masses of wood was difficult in the extreme, and the reporter never ventured there without the pocket-compass, for the sun scarcely pierced through the thick foliage and it would have been very difficult for them to retrace their way.

The Mysterious Island 2005

The engineer ascertained by consulting his pocket-compass that the direction of the river from the first turn was obviously southwest and northeast, and nearly straight for a length of about three miles.

The Mysterious Island 2005

The exploration of these dense masses of wood was difficult in the extreme, and the reporter never ventured there without the pocket-compass, for the sun scarcely pierced through the thick foliage and it would have been very difficult for them to retrace their way.

The Mysterious Island 2005

However, my pocket-compass stood me in good stead; and by it I steered for the open plain, in the centre of which stood the camp.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

Mr. Baldwin, a gentleman from Natal, succeeded in reaching the Falls guided by his pocket-compass alone.

A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004

Let my pistols, cutlass, and pocket-compass be laid in the coffin along with me.

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004