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The Defecating Dog as Compass

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Rick SpilmanJanuary 3, 2014

I am surprised that the Vikings didn’t discover this first.  The Vikings did, after all, develop a sun compass for use on sunny days and used sunstones to find the direction of the sun when it was overcast.  One might … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea | Tagged defecating dog compass, magnetic field, north-south axis
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