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Australia... A Compass Always Points North
T
T
CIRCLE
OF ICE (PLANEER
(GLOBE)
EQUATOR (GLOBE) NORTH CENTER
(PLANE EARTH)
ES SOUTH
SHIP ON PLANE EARTH
4 SOUTH
SAID
SP GLOBE)
a BE) 39079 NO
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Graphic Proof that the Earth is Not a Globe : A Mariner's compass must be globe. Notice that the position of level of it will not operate accurately. the North Pole is on top of the For this reason, various means of globe, and at the center of the flat suspension are used to keep this earth. instrument level. When not disturbed by locat influences, the positive end
Ship B is represented at about 45°
degrees south latitude on a globe, of the magnetic needle always points
and shows how impossible it is for north.
the compass needle on this ship to The accompanying drawing will point north,' for 'a compass never inserve a double' purpose, showing ship dicates north to be down in the A on a flat earth, and ship B on a ground.
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