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Show the needle, so It points to that pole ' The south end of the needle is disre- , garded. In the southern hemisphere ' the south magnetic pole exerts the ! dominating Inlluence on the needle ami ' it points to that pole, the north end of the needle in this case being disregarded. disregard-ed. The needle does not reven-e in going from one nemisphere to another. The south end of it becomes the guide In the southern he-visphere, as the north end Is the guh.e in the northers Uemlspher Compasj on Crossing the Equator. I The compass needle does not turn around in pussing from one heial- sphere li(to the other. The north-seeking end .if the compass needle has no greater MgnlficRiice or meaning in the southern hemisphere than the south-seeking south-seeking nd of the needle has in the northern hemisphere. The compass needle Is a piece of magnetized steel. It has its own positive and negative j poles, or north and south poles. Just I Ifkif the sjrth. The needle and Its lines of force align themselves with the earth's iites of force. In the northern north-ern hemisphere the north magnetic pule eierts tbv; dominating influence of |