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Thread #98110   Message #1938526
Posted By: Amos
16-Jan-07 - 02:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Zogg's Compass
Subject: RE: BS: Zogg's Compass
Direction names are arbitrary and had not been invented, probably, by Zogg's 16th birthday. By magnetic definition, the answer in our language is "north". By sidereal definition, who knows? As for "true" bearing, no telling, as per Bill's remarks.

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