... iransformtd into huge magnet from the causes just mentioned, and therefor, deatroj. the integrity of her needles. The lot. of the Tayleur end of several other iron ship, ia attributed by the learned profe.ior to a want of know.edge of tbia startling acientific ...

... and trustworthiness of bis compass needles. This is the theory of Dr. Scoresby, support of which he dies the loss of the Tayleur, and of several other iron ships. (For the more particular details of his statement, we must refer our readers to the published ...

... danger of navigating iron ships owing to the variations of the compass caused the attraction of the iron. The wreck of the Tayleur was particularly referred to an instance in point, and intellisence of the wreck of the I nited States packet Philadelphia ...