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Compasses

[′käm·pə·səz]
(astronomy)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Still, more than one shop told us it doesn't deal with bench repairs for compasses that need more than fluid top-offs, since it's usually more economical to purchase a new replacement.
Mag compass upkeep: more than fluid fills: you might save money by helping with time-consuming calibrations, but a new replacement makes better sense than attempting major bench repairs
Europeans were using compasses some time after this - for example there is a reference to a sea compass in 1269.
A few pointers; Maritime Tales by Stephen Guy of Merseyside Maritime Museum
Chinese magicians began making compasses out of lodestones in all different shapes, like turtles and fish.
Make a floating fish compass
Turn in the old compasses as radioactive waste in accordance with AR 11-9, the Army Radiation Safety Program.
The right direction
Even using several dictionaries, I found "boxed compasses" only where COMPASS occupied the first or fourth column of the square.
Compass curios
However, the navigators interpolated the 1972 almanac for sun position and subsequently took two deviation checks, both of which were discounted as being inaccurate since neither was close to the heading indicated on the compasses.
Gramps from yesteryear: two navigators. (Grampaw Pettibone)
Modern compasses operate on the same principle as the first versions did (see sidebar).
Map and compass: Navigation skills keep you found and help you have a better and more enjoyable hunt

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