Palinurus

·noun An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass.

Palinurus
PALINU´RUS or PALINU´RI PROMONTO´RIUM(Παλίνουρος ἀκρωτήριον, Strab.: Capo Paliuro), a promontory on ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Palinurus
Pălĭnūrus, i, m., = Παλίνουρος, the pilot of Aeneas , who fell asleep at the helm and tumbled into ...

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