Compass A Story of Exploration and Innovation Alan Gurney W.W. Norton: 320 pp., $22.95 ...

So, if you want a true heading of 90 degrees, your GPS will report a compass heading of 96 degrees—the compass-card reading, plus the magnetic variation. If the compass’s magnetic deviation is also 5 ...

Some lunar rocks have left scientists puzzled for decades. Despite the Moon having no global magnetic field today, samples collected during NASA’s Apollo missions and data from orbiting spacecraft ...

Magnetic North A marine compass will have one set of magnets that is balanced to seek out magnetic north. Magnetic north is not true north — as in the North Pole — but the location of Earth’s north ...

Our rating: False. Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that a compass wouldn't work if Earth is spherical. Compasses orient themselves to the Earth's magnetic field lines.

The other items needed to make your own compass are a puddle of water, a leaf, and a piece of cloth, preferably wool or silk.

This map and an internal magnetic ‘compass’ rely on distinct mechanisms, implying that turtles have two magnetic senses. Loggerhead sea turtles can learn to recognize foraging areas using ...

Magnetic interference can affect any compass, ... Specifically, the credit card now offers complimentary annual subscriptions to Apple TV+ and Apple Music, a value of up to $250 per year.

Compass smart card can’t prevent fraud, police say. Transit police expect to see a jump in fraud cases involving transit passes once TransLink launches its new Compass smart-card system this fall.

The card is printed "by a new photographic process that eliminates discoloration." And patented damping filaments ensure the steadiness of the card. British Patent #127,135 describes an "Aperiodic ...

Compass Diversified Holdings announced that on March 5, it entered into an agreement to acquire and consummated the acquisition of Arnold Magnetic Technologies Holdings. The purchase price for ...