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a compass needle will point upward in the Southern Hemisphere (negative dip) or downward in the Northern Hemisphere (positive dip). The range of dip is...9 KB (1,042 words) - 11:26, 24 March 2024
is analogous to dip direction and "plunge" is the dip angle. Strike and dip are measured using a compass and a clinometer. A compass is used to measure...14 KB (1,553 words) - 01:23, 7 November 2023
(with the bull's eye level) the compass along the plane being measured. Dip is taken by laying the side of the compass perpendicular to the strike measurement...4 KB (529 words) - 23:19, 8 May 2024- the compass becomes unreliable. A second limitation is magnetic dip. The compass dial will tend to align itself with the geomagnetic field and dip toward...14 KB (2,087 words) - 13:11, 28 May 2024
Brunton Axis with simultaneous strike and dip and trend and plunge measurements The concept of modern geological compass was developed by Eberhard Clar of the...8 KB (1,020 words) - 23:14, 19 April 2024
against the dip caused by inclination if the compass is taken to a zone with a higher or lower dip. Like any magnetic device, compasses are affected...43 KB (5,891 words) - 20:48, 19 May 2024
magnetism. Georg Hartmann first discovered dip angle in 1544, when he noticed the needle on a compass dipped towards the north hemisphere. Rather than...3 KB (346 words) - 21:22, 2 February 2024
The basic fluxgate compass is a simple electromagnetic device that employs two or more small coils of wire around a core of highly permeable magnetic...3 KB (390 words) - 17:21, 30 July 2023
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...23 KB (2,926 words) - 00:02, 9 April 2024
Diver navigation (redirect from Diving compass)The angle is called dip and varies with place, so compasses can be corrected for different zones. This is a factory process. A compass made for the northern...32 KB (4,072 words) - 13:55, 3 March 2024
aircraft is the magnetic compass, which, however, suffers from several types of errors, including that created by the "dip" or downward slope of the...8 KB (827 words) - 19:07, 27 May 2024
magnetic field points vertically downward (in other words, if a magnetic compass needle is allowed to rotate in three dimensions, it will point straight...25 KB (2,776 words) - 16:57, 12 May 2024
on the temperature of the Earth and his construction of a compass to measure magnetic dip at sea. Fox was born on 26 April 1789 at Falmouth, England...16 KB (1,791 words) - 11:46, 2 March 2024
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)...11 KB (1,378 words) - 22:23, 13 January 2024
was actually Wright's work. Gilbert had invented a dip-compass and compiled a table recording the dip of the needle below the horizon. Wright believed that...67 KB (8,348 words) - 23:31, 1 June 2024
hand compass like a Brunton compass): orientations of planes and orientations of lines. Orientations of planes are measured as a "strike" and "dip", while...12 KB (1,576 words) - 13:07, 26 May 2024- describes a dry compass used for determining qibla. Like Peregrinus' compass, however, Ibn Simʿūn's compass did not feature a compass card. In the 14th...40 KB (4,712 words) - 09:26, 26 May 2024
Flight instruments (section Compass systems)wiring in the aircraft, which requires a Compass Correction Card. Additionally, the compass is subject to Dip Errors. While reliable in steady level flight...15 KB (1,696 words) - 16:01, 3 May 2024
it included Norman's measurement of magnetic dip, the incline at an angle from the horizon by a compass needle discovered by Georg Hartmann in 1544. This...3 KB (233 words) - 08:19, 17 April 2022
Orientation (geometry) (section Strike and dip)More specialist uses include Miller indices in crystallography, strike and dip in geology and grade on maps and signs. A unit vector may also be used to...15 KB (1,728 words) - 03:25, 9 April 2024
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