RE: Magnetic North

1999-02-10 Thread Slawomir K. Grzechnik
one up used for very little. Anthony -Original Message- From:Slawomir K. Grzechnik [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Tuesday, February 09, 1999 6:01 AM To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: Magnetic North Hello Fernando and other Fellow Dialers In spite

RE: Magnetic North

1999-02-09 Thread Cordasco, Anthony (NJ Data Services)
used for very little. Anthony -Original Message- From: Slawomir K. Grzechnik [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 1999 6:01 AM To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: Magnetic North Hello Fernando and other Fellow Dialers In spite of all the varieties

Re: Magnetic North

1999-02-09 Thread Fernando Cabral
Tony Moss wrote: Fernando Cabral wrote: At first it came as a suprise to find that different compasses will show completely different readings. 2, 3, 5 or even 10 degrees east or west are quite common. In my collection of oddities I have a small compass that may have been repaired or

Re: Magnetic North

1999-02-09 Thread Mike Cowham
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Silas Higgon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hello dialists, I am a newcomer to the internet and have been following your discussions with interest. I am a dial maker and am sometimes asked to make a wall-dial for another country. If I am sent a compass bearing for the

RE: Magnetic North

1999-02-08 Thread Cordasco, Anthony (NJ Data Services)
I'm glad Patrick mentioned the swing which can occur on a compass when you bring it close to a building. I am in the process of making a vertical dial for a library and depending on where I hold the compass along the wall of the building I can get as much as a 40 degree change in the location of

Re: Magnetic North

1999-02-08 Thread Fernando Cabral
Silas Higgon wrote: Hello dialists, I am a newcomer to the internet and have been following your discussions with interest. I am a dial maker and am sometimes asked to make a wall-dial for another country. If I am sent a compass bearing for the wall I am left with the problem of magnetic

Re: Magnetic North Pole

1997-11-07 Thread Richard Langley
On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, k.schwarzinger wrote: Dear all, is there in the INTERNET a website, which gives informations about the curent value from the declination of the magentic North Pole ? Are there still informations about the situation of the magnetic North Pole ( INTERNET or literature