Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-03-18 | Page 7 | Vertical Compass is New Invention |

Type	issue
Date	1918-03-18
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Vertical Compass is New Invention
Type	article
Date	1918-03-18
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	7
OCR Text	Show VERTICAL COMPASS IS NEW INVENTION One of the most important steps recently made in the field Of science was the perfection of a vertical compass compass compass com com- pass by Captain F F. O. O Os Creagh-Os- borne superintendent of compasses for the British admiralty Ever since the compass came Into existence the Instrument has been made with the face In a horizontal position It had been believed that a vertical compass never could be used because of the peculiar functions of this Instrument Many attempts ts have been made along that line none of which was successful success success- ful But this new compass Is said tobe to be wholly satisfactory and has obvious obvious obvious ob ob- advantages over the older type It will now be possible to mount a a. ct compass so that it will be level le with the steersman's eyes eye
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