Flinders bar


nounNavigation.
  1. a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.

Origin of Flinders bar

1
First recorded in 1880–85; named after M. Flinders

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Flinders bar

/ (ˈflɪndəz) /


noun
  1. nautical a bar of soft iron mounted on a binnacle to compensate for local magnetism causing error to the compass

Origin of Flinders bar

1
C19: named after Matthew Flinders (died 1814), English navigator

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