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If compass was not invented we would get lost and cant find ourselves. That's way in TV you see people using compass in the desert.
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no because of the magnetic field.
People arleady knew how to navigate using stars (for instance before the compass was invented). And anyone seriously working with magnets would've stumbled across one that could be used as a compass eventually.
A small iron nail
the arrow in the compass would point to the magnet
it would spin around and around.
If compass was not invented we would get lost and cant find ourselves. That's way in TV you see people using compass in the desert.
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Magnetite is metal, so the compass would be messed up and not useful at all.
The compass would point south, except near positive end of the magnet. It will point north. 6th grade power!!
Operation Compass happened on 1940-12-09.
the compass's needle will point at the electromagnet
A compass is a very useful navigation device, without it you may get lost.
Nothing will happen.
magnetic compass will stop working.
You would not get a true reading any longer. The forces of the electromagnet are greater than the natural magnetism of the Earth.