Show EVERY WATCH A COMPASS how to ten tell the tha direction DIe tion when the sun Is I 1 shining very few people are aware of the fact that in a watch they are always provided with a compass with which when the sun is shining the cardinal points can be determined all one has p to do is to point the hour hand to the sun and south is exactly half way between the hour hand and the figure 12 on the watch this may seem strange to the average reader but it is easily explained while the sun is passing over degrees east to west the hour hand of the watch passes over degrees from 6 to to 6 therefore the angular movement of the sun in one hour corresponds to the angular movement of the hour hand in kalf half an hour hence if we point the hour hand toward to ward vard the sun the line from the point midway between the hour hand and 12 to the pivot of the hands will point to the south san francisco chronicle |