Compass ross
To use an ordinary compass, hold it flat in your palm and make sure the needle can move freely. Rotate yourself and the compass until the needle points to the north direction marked on the compass. Now you can determine the other directions (east, west, south) based on the north reading.
To make an ordinary sewing needle into a compass needle, it must first be demagnetized by heating it to a high temperature and then allowing it to cool in a specific orientation. This aligns the needle's magnetic domains and makes it a more effective compass needle.
A compass does not point to the North Pole, it aligns itself with the lines of magnetic force at your location. In the Northern Hemisphere you are closer to the North Pole, so the strength from that direction is greater, and the compass "points north". In the Southern Hemisphere, similarly, the magnetic South Pole is closer, and the other end of the compass points to the south Pole. So far so good. But when you are close to either pole, the magnetic field dips into the earth - steeply at the Poles themselves. [Ordinary compasses are counterbalanced a little so the compass needle or card is approximately horizontal. The compass manufacturers divide the earth into five 'balance' zones.] So a dip compass is suspended between two pivots, and will indicate the steepness of the magnetic fields dip. It differs from an ordinary compass.
An ordinary magnetic compass points to magnetic north, not to true north. If the difference between the two directions is large and not accounted for, you can get lost.
Personally, I'm inclined to capitalize the points of the compass anyway, though I believe it is now considered archaic. Referring to the two sides in the Civil War, I think caps are appropriate - if only to distinguish what are effectively proper names from ordinary compass references.
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No,a Gyrosyn compass is a combination of a Magnetic compass and Direct reading compass.
Compass compass compass
The plural of compass is compasses.
The prismatic compass is a type of compass use for survering a land.
idk i belive the compass
its called that because it is a compass that is golden