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azimuth instrument

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  • officer using charts for navigation
    In navigation: The liquid magnetic compass

    The simplest, and probably earliest, azimuth instrument consists of two sights on opposite sides of the compass bowl connected by a thread. The assembly can be rotated to permit sighting on the distant object. Because it is impossible to sight through the instrument and look at the compass card simultaneously,…

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