Mariner's Compass 1923 - Pocket Handbook for Travelers
The most important instrument in the navigation of a ship is the mariner's compass. It consists of a number of magnetic needles placed with their axes parallel; a framework supporting the needles, and a circular disc marked in points and degrees called a compass-card; a pivot on which the framework rests and a compass bowl, containing the compass. The compass bowl is mounted in a binnacle (usually a brass box) in such a way that the surface will swing level, and the binnacle is usually contained in a wooden binnacle box for protection. Below is a picture of the compass card.

Points of the Compass
- North.
- North by East.
- North Northeast.
- Northeast by North.
- North East.
- Northeast by East.
- East Northeast.
- East by North.
- East.
- East by South.
- East Southeast.
- Southeast by East.
- South East.
- Southeast by South
- South Southeast
- South by East.
- South.
- South by West.
- South Southwest.
- Southwest by South.
- South West.
- Southwest by West.
- West Southwest.
- West by South.
- West.
- West by North.
- West Northwest.
- Northwest by West.
- North West.
- Northwest by North.
- North Northwest.
- North by West.