Abstract
Compasses discussed in this chapter are devices used to determine direction, with a magnetized needle balanced on a pivot. The needle and pivot are housed in a box containing a circular ring divided into degrees and/or half-degrees. When a compass is held steady and the needle swings freely, it points in a northerly-southerly direction, and the degree mark to which it points can be read on the circle.
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Sipe, F.H. (1995). Compass Surveying. In: Brinker, R.C., Minnick, R. (eds) The Surveying Handbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2067-2_21
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