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Themagneticcompasswill be above the instrument panel, often on the windscreen centerpost.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Pilots must compensate for such errors when using themagneticcompass.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.No compass is affected by nonferromagnetic metal, although amagneticcompasswill be affected by any kind of wires with electric current passing through them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Given significant distance from the magnetic poles, one can figure which hand is which using amagneticcompassand the sun.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This ship was equipped with all modern navigational aids:magneticcompass; gyrocompass; automatic pilot; radar; echo sounder; speed log, and satellite navigator.
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Yes; he found that deviations of themagneticcompasshad been regularly entered in the ship's log, and in the compass deviation book, although less frequently in the latter.
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Thirdly, amagneticcompasscosts up to £500.
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He was particularly interested in magnetism, studying the earth's magnetic field and designing improvements to themagneticcompass.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The level incorporates a bubble tube and a largemagneticcompass.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Amagneticcompassinstalled in an aircraft is subject to compass turning errors during flight.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In addition to the three instruments already used, students were taught to use two gyro instruments, themagneticcompass, the rate-of-climb indicator, and the clock.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Until the invention of themagneticcompass, feng shui apparently relied on astronomy to find correlations between humans and the universe.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Magneticcompassadjustment and correction is one of the subjects in the examination curriculum for a shipmaster's certificate of competency.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He explains amagneticcompasshad problems with the true meridian at different localities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There is no externalmagneticcompassand the fuel tank is now installed before the pilots control area.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The error is neutralized when the aircraft has reached its velocity and themagneticcompasswill then read the proper heading.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The versorium is of a similar construction to themagneticcompass, but is influenced by electrostatic rather than magnetic forces.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They dealt with the accuracy of chronometers and themagneticcompass.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Because of limited space in the cockpit, themagneticcompasswas placed in an awkward position.
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