Brass Compass

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Brass Compass Shiny Wooden Base for ship useVessel owners and masters each have responsibilities for ensuring that magnetic compasses are maintained in good working order, adjusted and a table or curve of residual deviations is available.The performance of the compass should be monitored and, for a vessel more than 100GT, deviations recorded in a compass deviation book at regular intervals, ideally at least once every watch and also shortly after a large alteration of course.

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Magnetic compass is one of the major maritime navigational equipment and its usage is critical. Simply put, a magnetised needle, suspended freely, points North because of the forces caused by the Earth's magnetic field. Once North is known, the other directions are easily found.