02.03.2013. this guy started the thread with this question:
Will compass work in Southern Hemisphere?
My wife and I will be going to Patagonia next week for ten days. From there we go to Antarctica for three weeks. Will be doing some hiking but just day stuff. Here is a question for all of you as I can't seem to find a straight answer on the Internet - does a compass work in the southern hemisphere? Will the magnetic needle still point north? This is not a huge issue for me but just wondering. Thanks for your help!
03.25.2013. after he had come back he wrote this:
Here is the picture of his compasses:

How do you comment that?
I would just like to add this:
Let C, fig. 87, represent a dipping needle on the "equator"
of a globe. A mere inspection of the diagram is sufficient to make it demonstrated that the needle C cannot be horizontal, and at the same time pointing towards the north pole N. If a ship sailed east or west on the equator where the compass is horizontal, it is evident that its north or south end would describe a circle in the heavens equal in magnitude to the circumference of the earth at the equator--as shown by D, E, F.

fig. 87
My point is that there is no south pole whatsoever!
Will compass work in Southern Hemisphere?
My wife and I will be going to Patagonia next week for ten days. From there we go to Antarctica for three weeks. Will be doing some hiking but just day stuff. Here is a question for all of you as I can't seem to find a straight answer on the Internet - does a compass work in the southern hemisphere? Will the magnetic needle still point north? This is not a huge issue for me but just wondering. Thanks for your help!
03.25.2013. after he had come back he wrote this:
Here is the picture of his compasses:

How do you comment that?
I would just like to add this:
Let C, fig. 87, represent a dipping needle on the "equator"
of a globe. A mere inspection of the diagram is sufficient to make it demonstrated that the needle C cannot be horizontal, and at the same time pointing towards the north pole N. If a ship sailed east or west on the equator where the compass is horizontal, it is evident that its north or south end would describe a circle in the heavens equal in magnitude to the circumference of the earth at the equator--as shown by D, E, F.

fig. 87
My point is that there is no south pole whatsoever!



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