Scout Skills Compass The Scout Association（侦察技能指南针童子军协会）.pdfVIP

Scout Skills Compass 0845 300 1818 INFORMATION SHEET housing has etched orienting lines and an orienting arrow, whilst the baseplate (on which the housing is mounted) has the direction of A compass is an instrument with a magnetised travel arrow and map scales etched onto it. This needle which points to (magnetic) north and is compass allows for bearings, an accurate therefore used for determining direction. They method of determining direction, to be worked come in different shapes and sizes and indeed, out and is therefore the compass of choice for the use of suspended magnetic ore (which hiking and expedition type activities. always comes to rest in a north-south direction) was used many centuries ago as a primitive form of compass. Today, in one form or another, compasses are used on land, at sea or in the air, to help people to specify direction. Types of compass Air damped compass - This is the simplest and Why use a compass? cheapest form of compass and does little more than indicate the approximate direction of magnetic north. It takes a long time to stabilise As you can see, it is possible to have a varying and the slightest movement makes the needle quality of compass depending upon what job it move. This compass should never be used for has to do and of course, ultimately, how much any sort of hike or expedition. you pay for it! Simple map setting compass - It is a liquid filled Apart from determining the direction of north, a compass with only magnetic north marked on