An azimuth compass (or azimuthal compass) is a nautical instrument used to measure the magnetic azimuth, the angle of the arc on the horizon between the...
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reference vector, as long as it is clearly defined. Quite commonly, azimuths or compass bearings are stated in a system in which either north or south can...
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points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily...
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Bearing (navigation) (redirect from Azimuth (navigation))
In navigation, bearing or azimuth is the horizontal angle between the direction of an object and north or another object. The angle value can be specified...
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90°, south is 180°, and west is 270°. These numbers allow the compass to show azimuths or bearings which are commonly stated in degrees. If local variation...
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a directional guide. The azimuth can be used along with sun compass orientation to help animals navigate. The Sun's azimuth can be defined as the direction...
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Altazimuth mount (redirect from Altitude/azimuth)
the other horizontal. Rotation about the vertical axis varies the azimuth (compass bearing) of the pointing direction of the instrument. Rotation about...
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strike of the feature is the azimuth (compass direction) of the strike line. This can be represented by either a quadrant compass bearing (such as N25°E),...
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Cardinal direction (redirect from Compass Direction Using Watch)
cardinal points are the four main compass directions: north (N), south (S), east (E), and west (W). The corresponding azimuths (clockwise horizontal angle from...
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speaking, the compass azimuth which is the practical value used everywhere (in example in airlines as the so called course) on a compass (where North is...
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Magnetic declination (redirect from Compass variation)
wandering. Magnetic north is the direction that the north end of a magnetized compass needle points, which corresponds to the direction of the Earth's magnetic...
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to get directional degree measurements (azimuth) through use of the Earth's magnetic field. Holding the compass at waist-height, the user looks down into...
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antenna is also directional horizontally, gain and ERP will vary with azimuth (compass direction). Rather than the average power over all directions, it is...
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and discovered the by-then thriving community. Adams gave Bounty's Azimuth compass and Marine chronometer to Topaz's captain, Mayhew Folger. News of the...
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Francis Court, Clerkenwell, London and an establishment known as "The Azimuth Compass" in Leadenhall Street, London. His company later became known as Gregory...
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A prismatic compass is a navigation and surveying instrument which is extensively used to find out the bearing of the traversing and included angles between...
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device to record a precise bearing or azimuth to a given target or to determine a location. Hand or sighting compasses include instruments with simple notch-and-post...
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Folger of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Adams gave to Folger the Bounty's azimuth compass and marine chronometer. Seventeen years later, in 1825, HMS Blossom...
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with the most advanced navigational aids of the day, including an azimuth compass made by Henry Gregory, ice anchors, and the latest apparatus for distilling...
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Sunset (section Names of compass points)
certain times of the year. Approximate locations of sunset on the horizon (azimuth) as described above can be found in Refs. The figure on the right is calculated...
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dipping-needle a very delicate hygrometer of Jack's own invention an improved azimuth compass a Geneva cyanograph thermometers graduated by Ramsden Captain Aubrey's...
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that an officer is on board. azimuth circle An instrument used to take the bearings of celestial objects. azimuth compass An instrument employed for ascertaining...
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the island for only ten hours. Captain Folger was given the Bounty's azimuth compass and Larcum Kendall K2 marine chronometer by Adams. The K2 was the third...
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inductor, theodolite, self-recording magnetograph, magnetic declinometer, azimuth compass. Once a week at the absolute reference point calibration measurements...
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clock, 2 thermometers, 1 stand for the quadrant, a diving needle, an azimuth compass and a portable observatory. In addition to these instruments, Cook...
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1931, and had larger bridges that encompassed the rangefinder, an azimuth compass sighting device and the gun-fire control room, as well as a range finding...
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Flight instruments (section Compass systems)
flight rules (VFR) require an airspeed indicator, an altimeter, and a compass or other suitable magnetic direction indicator. Instrument flight rules...
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Direction determination (redirect from Compass direction using a watch)
direction or compass point can be determined in navigation and wayfinding. The most direct method is using a compass (magnetic compass or gyrocompass)...
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Earth's magnetic field. It encompasses the history of navigation using compasses, studies of the prehistoric magnetic field (archeomagnetism and paleomagnetism)...
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unit moving atop a compass rose indicated in degrees the bearing of the station. On aviation ADFs, the unit automatically moves a compass-like pointer (RMI)...
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