magnetic compass: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: U.S. Naval Institute - A History of the Ship?s Compass. Oct 12, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Pubmed Central - Light-dependent magnetic compass orientation in amphibians and insects: candidate receptors and candidate molecular mechanisms. Oct 18, 2025
Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - Magnetic compass of garden warblers is not affected by oscillating magnetic fields applied to their eyes. Aug 23, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - The magnetic compass. May 16, 2025
Add new Web site: NIST Technical Series Publications - Testing of magnetic compasses (PDF). Feb 06, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - A method of compensating magnetic compass's temperature error using BP network (PDF). Nov 13, 2024
Add new Web site: U.S. Naval Institute - A History of the Ship?s Compass. Aug 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Magnetic Compass: A Useful Tool Underground. Jun 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Florida International University - Magnetic Compass. Jan 19, 2024
Add new Web site: IEEE Spectrum - History Lesson: The Magnetic Compass. Dec 08, 2023
Links added. Jun 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Magnet Academy - Compasses in Magnetic Fields. May 09, 2022
New article added. Jun 26, 2020
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