IRONSAND AND SHIP'S COMPASSES.
By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, September 23. Mr T. A. Edison, replying to a letter asking for bis'opinion as to the effect of iron sand on a ship's compass writes:—"There must be an immense body of iron near the New Zealand coast, judging from the magnetic sands well-known to exist there. 1 have no doubt this body of ore would cause a deviation in a ship's compass."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8542, 24 September 1907, Page 6
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70IRONSAND AND SHIP'S COMPASSES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8542, 24 September 1907, Page 6
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