Those strange balls next to a ship’s compass explained, how binnacles correct magnetic error
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Those strange balls next to a ship’s compass explained, how binnacles correct magnetic error
A ship’s steel hull distorts the Earth’s magnetic field, which can throw the magnetic compass dangerously off course. This explains how binnacles, Kelvin’s balls, Flinders bars, and other correctors compensate for those errors to keep a ship’s heading reliable.
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