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Iron is magnetic
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What is a compass saw used for?
A compass saw is used to make curved cuts
What is the best make of compass?
silva
What device is used to make a perfect circle?
A compass is used to make a perfect circle.
Using straightedge and compass to make geometric figures?
Some are possible, others are not.
How do you make 70 degree with compass?
you first measure it on your protractor correctly then you use it:)
What characteristics of iron would make it a bad material for the housing around A compass?
Iron reacts with oxygen and water to form rust. Not a good thing for a compass.
What characteristic of iron would make it a bad material for housing a compass?
It is magnetic and would throw off your little dial
Does the red arrow on a compass point to were i am?
Half of the needle is painted red to indicate the direction of North. The red orienting arrow is marked on the floor of the housing. It rotates with the housing when the dial is turned. You use it to orient a compass to a map.
What characteristic of iron would make it a bad material for the housing around a compass?
It could not be used because it attracts magnets and a compass is a specialist form of magnet, utilising the magnetic properties of the earth to give a reading. Compass housings are invariably made of brass, aluminium or plastic.
What type of metals make a compass point in different directions?
magnet iron
What would be useful to help make a simple compass?
A small iron nail
A quartz be most useful to help make a simple compass?
what the quartz means is the quartz nail. No, a quartz nail is not the most useful to make a compass. A small iron nail is useful to help make a simple compass
What is the material to make a compass needle gold silver iron or copper?
Are you asking what material is a compass needle made from? It that is your question, you need to keep in mind that the material used must have magnetic properties. Research the Iron Triad from the Periodic Table.
What was use of high quality iron?
Weapons (arrow heads, blades), navigation (compass), construction (nails)...
Who was compass?
well the first person to make the compass was the chinese.
How do you make a compass In alchemy?
sun dial + glass = compass
How is the magnetic field around a magnet shown?
Get a decent size magnet. Get some iron filaments and sprinkle the iron filaments around the magnet. You will see the magnetic field of the magnet from the iron filaments lining up from each pole and curving outwards.
