magnetic compass

It works like a magnetic compass placed on its side.

Another would give her a sweater and a magnetic compass.

Have to be careful using a magnetic compass this far north, you know.

When Einstein was around four, his father gave him a magnetic compass.

But we'll be sure to find it with magnetic compasses.

The magnetic compass, then, helps them get the turns right.

The magnetic compass is a device used for finding direction.

Lodestone was used as an early form of magnetic compass.

Such magnetic compasses are known in some other birds and animals.

A magnetic compass may be no use here, but I can keep myself oriented by the heavens.

Signal mirror, around her neck, along with a magnetic compass.

Had he been steering by an old-fashioned magnetic compass, it would not have happened.

Later we checked the hovering spot with a magnetic compass.

The magnetic compass, as used in its early centuries, was crude, but it worked.

THE magnetic compass has changed little since it came into use some 2,000 years ago.

To be sure, a magnetic compass is not an absolute necessity for sea travel.

James then estimated that their magnetic compass was in error by 40 degrees.

He also credited Solomon with the invention of the magnetic compass.

A more likely explanation was the inaccuracy of either man's magnetic compass.

A magnetic compass to show that Earth has a magnetic field.

The level incorporates a bubble tube and a large magnetic compass.

The country's inventors were the first to produce paper, the magnetic compass, and the clock.

It is also the term for the graduated markings found on the traditional magnetic compass.

A magnetic compass is first used in China.

"There's no north star in this world, and even a magnetic compass isn't that much help.