Museum of New Zealand

Te Papa Tongarewa

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compasses

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Instruments for measuring and indicating a horizontal reference direction relative to magnetic north.

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Broader: <horizontal angle measuring devices>
Narrower: mariners' compasses
sun compasses
surveyors' compasses
Related: navigational instruments