Agulhamagnetica - AGULHA MAGNÉTICA

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Magnetic compass adjustaments.

Adjustment of the compass is the arranging of magnetic and soft iron correctors about the binnacle so that their effects are equal and opposite to the effects of the magnetic material in the ship, thus reducing the deviations and eliminating the sectors of sluggishness and unsteadiness.

MAGNETIC COMPASS ADJUSTMENT

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