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4th June 2020, 09:17 AM
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Re: Finding the right direction
#10, no comment, I claim the fifth amendment !
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4th June 2020, 10:16 AM
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Re: Finding the right direction
#1... The magnetic compass you obviously know what it is used for and it’s beginning with the lodestone , your great Uncle and all before him and many after his time were totally dependent on its direction finding capabilitys . The number of people who have failed their master mariners examination because of lack of knowledge of how to just correct it , must be in the many hundreds . Magnetism and compass correcting was a failing subject , it was an extremely. Important tool to most mariners on this site. It would be an excellent memorial to your Uncle who would feel at home with such. I can’t think of any marine instrument with an older history. The place to look may be nautical museums who may have models of such for the souvenir hunter. JS
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