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How navigators and sailors used magnetic compass?
The Earth's magnetic field is what makes the common magnetic compass work. From its invention until the advent of newer technologies beginning around the turn of the 20th century, the magnetic compass, together with the sextant and the chronometer, constituted the primary tools of the navigator. Of course, the compass' primary role was to facilitate steering ships on the right heading under conditions where the Sun and stars could not be seen.
Which of the following scenarios would have been possible for the first time during the song dybasty?
APEX: A musilm sailor uses a magnetic compass to navigate from China to India
If a sailor uses a compass to navigate what are of physics does this involve?
The compass itself uses a magnet to align itself with the Earth's magnetic field. But the Earth's magnetic field is tied into many aspects of geology and physics. You can't study one thing; everything is tied together.
What is a magnetic compass?
A magnetic compass has a needle mounted in a way that allows it to turn freely. Tis needle always lines up with Earth's magnetic field and points toward magnetic north. The needle is set over a diagram that shows east,south, and west. By knowing which way is north, a sailor can find the other diections. AA magnetic compass has a needle mounted in a way that allows it to turn freely. Tis needle always lines up with Earth's magnetic field and points toward magnetic north. The needle is set over a diagram that shows east,south, and west. By knowing which way is north, a sailor can find the other diections.
Name careers where you need a compass name jobs where you need a compass?
sailor
What is used by sailor to known the direction?
The Sun rises in the East and Sets in the West.
Why does a sailor use a compass?
to determine direction
What does a sailor use to plot a course?
A sailor will use a nautical chart and its compass rose. The tools he may use will either be a pair of triangles or a set of parallel rules.
What tools did Ferdinand Magellan use on his voyage?
He was a sailor so he would use tools that the spanish or Portugal Navigators would use to repair the ships so he would use any tools to help get the sail boats out to sea. He was a sailor so he would use tools that the spanish or Portugal Navigators would use to repair the ships so he would use any tools to help get the sail boats out to sea. He was a sailor so he would use tools that the spanish or Portugal Navigators would use to repair the ships so he would use any tools to help get the sail boats out to sea.
What kind of tools did sir Walter Raleigh use?
For what ..he was a sailor and adventurer, so therefore he did not use tools at all.
What are the Sailor Scouts Blood Types?
B = Sailor Venus , Sailor Neptune , Sailor Uranus , Sailor Star healer A = Sailor Mercury , Tuxedo Mask , Sailor Saturn , Sailor Pluto , Sailor Star Fighter , Sailor star Maker O = Sailor Moon , Sailor Mini Moon , Sailor Jupiter , Sailor Mars
Why did ancient China invent a compass?
The exact location was not known, but it was created during the Song Dynasty, but thats when it was first used for navigation. Originally magnetism in China was used for Geometric readings. This is known as "Feng Shui"
