what is a magnetic compass?
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The magnetic compass is the most well-known of all instruments used in finding direction. It is the oldest navigational instrument and has been aiding sailors to cross the seas for many centuries. Mariners can use magnetic compasses to fix a ship’s position on a chart by using it to take bearings of visible objects as well as allowing them to steer a particular course.
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MAGNETIC COMPASS
:- Magnetic compass looks like in img
↪Its simplest definition is Any Magnet freely suspended by a string deflects due to earth magnetic field
↪and shows the turns towards north pole which is Earth's South pole
BCZ opposite poles attract each other!
↪[Magnetic compass definition is - a device that is used to find direction by means of a needle that always points north.]
:- Magnetic compass looks like in img
↪Its simplest definition is Any Magnet freely suspended by a string deflects due to earth magnetic field
↪and shows the turns towards north pole which is Earth's South pole
BCZ opposite poles attract each other!
↪[Magnetic compass definition is - a device that is used to find direction by means of a needle that always points north.]
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