A Makeshift Compass
« A Home paper writes a cor respondent puts me up to a •• wrinkle " that is worth knowing I see (h. say?) it U Rtated in various accounts of* the Stella disaster that som boats did not know where they weiv through having no compasses, and that others were only saved because a passenger happened to have a pocket compaß3 on his watch-chain. Bnt nearly all the castaways must have worn watches, and a very common trick would have at once given them their bearings if the direction Of the sun bad been at all visable daring the time of the accident. Hold a watch horizontally ia the
band, with the hour band pointing towards the sun ; midway between this and tbe figure twelve upon the dial will be due south. Thi3 is not absolutely mathematica 1, but q lite sufficiently correct for moat practical purposes.
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Manawatu Herald, 1 July 1899, Page 3
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148A Makeshift Compass Manawatu Herald, 1 July 1899, Page 3
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