Technology / Aviation / Earth-Inductor Compass: One whose indications depend on the current generated in a coil revolving in the earth's magnetic field.
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Technology / Aviation / Iron Compass: Railroad tracks, favored by pilots of yore as a dependable aid to surface navigation before radio. MORE
Technology / Aviation / Liquid Compass: A non-electronic, calibratable compass floating in a liquid as a panel instrument: aka WET COMPASS. MORE
Technology / Aviation / Magnetic Compass: The most common liquid-type compass, capable of calibration to compensate for magnetic influences within the aircraft. MORE
Science / Tides and Currents / Variation (Of Compass): Difference between true north as determined by the Earth's axis of rotation and magnetic north as determined by the Earth's magnetism. Variation is designated as east or positive when the magnetic nee MORE
Technology / Aviation / Earth-Inductor Compass: One whose indications depend on the current generated in a coil revolving in the earth's magnetic field. MORE
Science / Tides and Currents / Deviation (Of Compass): The deflection of the needle of a magnetic compass due to masses of magnetic metal within a ship on which the compass is located. This deflection varies with different headings of the ship. The deviat MORE