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Flinders bar
Flinders bar (ˈflɪndəz) n (Navigation) nautical a bar of soft iron mounted on a binnacle to compensate for local magnetism causing error to the compass[C19: named after Matthew Flinders (died 1814), English navigator]Flinders bar
Flinders bar[′flin·dərz ‚bär] (navigation) A bar of soft unmagnetized iron placed vertically near a magnetic compass to counteract deviation caused by magnetic induction in vertical soft iron of the craft. |