I have a feeling from what you have below, that there is no difference
between the two points from the original correspondent, merely a
difference in writing them.... (olde? english versus new english?)
g I'm glad to see that no one asked me to list "1/4 points".

otn

Brian Whatcott wrote:
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:00:30 GMT, Brian Whatcott
wrote:


A correspondent wrote me with this question:

"a niggly question that arose during some of my research.
What is the difference between a bearing of
"North by East," "North and by East"?

I could not provide a confident response.
Any ideas?

Brian Whatcott Altus OK



Thanks to your generous contributions, I was able to offer this
feedback from your efforts:


" Here is today's [selected] harvest:


From: "Carl Herzog" :

"North and by East" is not a point on the compass, though some sloppy
helmsmen or watch officer may have added the the word "and" for some
reason.
Below are the points of the compass with name, abbreviation and
degrees:

North N 0(360)
North by east N by E 11.25
North-northeast NNE 22.5
Northeast by north NE by N 33.75
Northeast NE 45
Northeast by east NE by E 56.25
East-northeast ENE 67.5
East by north E by N 78.75
East E 90
East by south E by S 101.25
East-southeast ESE 112.5
Southeast by east SE by E 123.75
Southeast SE 135
Southeast by south SE by S 146.25
South-southeast SSE 157.5
South by east S by E 168.75
South S 180
South by west S by W 191.25
South-southwest SSW 202.5
Southwest by south SW by S 213.75
Southwest SW 225
Southwest by west SW by W 236.25
West-southwest WSW 247.5
West by south W by S 258.75
West W 270
West by north W by N 281.25
West-northwest WNW 292.5
Northwest by west NW by W 303.75
Northwest NW 315
Northwest by north NW by N 326.25
North-northwest NNW 337.5
North by west N by W 348.75