compass adjustment

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• compass plane — /ˈkʌmpəs pleɪn/ (say kumpuhs playn) noun a plane, usually of metal, capable of adjustment to convex or concave curves and used for smoothing curved timbers …  

• Vernier compass — Vernier Ver ni*er, n. [So named after the inventor, Pierre Vernier.] A short scale made to slide along the divisions of a graduated instrument, as the limb of a sextant, or the scale of a barometer, for indicating parts of divisions. It is so… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• vernier compass — noun : a surveyor s compass with a vernier by means of which a compensating adjustment may be made for magnetic variation to enable the reading of the correct bearings directly from the compass * * * Survey. a compass on a transit (vernier… …   Useful english dictionary

• Hair compass — Hair Hair (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r; akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hair compass — noun : a compass that permits of minute adjustment …   Useful english dictionary

• Magnetic deviation — Deviation table for steering compass on Dar Młodzieży Magnetic deviation is the error induced in a compass by local magnetic fields, which must be allowed for, along with magnetic declination, if accurate bearings are to be calculated. In… …   Wikipedia

• регулирование компаса — поправка компаса Процесс противодействия влиянию магнетизма судна на положение компаса при помощи корректирующего устройства, снижающего девиацию компаса. [ГОСТ Р 52682 2006] Тематики средства навигации, наблюдения, управления Синонимы поправка… …   Справочник технического переводчика

• Course Setting Bomb Sight — The CSBS Mk. IX mounted in a Fairey Battle. The bomb aimer is sighting through the white ring shaped backsights to the pin shaped foresights (just visible against the armoured cable) and holding the bomb release switch in his right hand. The… …   Wikipedia

• Magnetic declination — Example of magnetic declination showing a compass needle with a positive (or easterly ) variation from geographic north. Magnetic declination is the angle between magnetic north (the direction the north end of a compass needle points) and true… …   Wikipedia

• hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …   Universalium

• New Deal — Herbert Hoover (links) und Franklin D. Roosevelt (rechts) unmittelbar vor Roosevelts Amtsübernahme am 4. März 1933 Der New Deal war ein unter Präsident Franklin Delano Roosevelt durchgesetztes Bündel von Wirtschafts und Sozialreformen in den USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia