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Re: Variation of compass
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2002 Oct 3, 15:04 -0400
From: Michael Wescott
Date: 2002 Oct 3, 15:04 -0400
hprinz@ATTGLOBAL.NET said:
> I doubt very much that this is what Dave Weilacher wants. I thought
> that I had explained in my message re: Magnetic North Pole of Jan 11,
> 2002 that a magnetic compass does NOT point into the direction of the
> magnetic north pole.
I think you've misunderstood my response. I was indicating that a great
circle bearing was indeed the correct approach for the simplified method
of taking a bearing on the North magnetic pole. It was not meant to
imply that such a model would approximate reality in any practical way.
--
Mike Wescott
Wescott_Mike@EMC.COM
