Flinders bars

A form of Flinders bar — A vertical soft iron bar placed in a tube typically on the fore side of a compass binnacle, used to counteract the horizontal effect of vertical magnetism induced by the Earth's magnetic field in the steel of a ship, an effect which varies with latitude.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Flinders bar.
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