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... position forward and soft iron spheres on brackets athwartships , the following deflections were noted : Head by compass 000 ° 090 ° Deflection of compass needle 180 ... COMPASS POSITION Coefficient Mu MEASURING RELATIVE DIRECTIVE FORCE 137.
... position forward and soft iron spheres on brackets athwartships , the following deflections were noted : Head by compass 000 ° 090 ° Deflection of compass needle 180 ... COMPASS POSITION Coefficient Mu MEASURING RELATIVE DIRECTIVE FORCE 137.
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F. G. Merrifield. CHAPTER XII VERTICAL FORCE AT THE COMPASS POSITION Coefficient Mu : Correction of Heeling Error by Vertical Force Instrument Coefficient Mu ( μ ) This is the ratio between the mean vertical force at the compass position ...
F. G. Merrifield. CHAPTER XII VERTICAL FORCE AT THE COMPASS POSITION Coefficient Mu : Correction of Heeling Error by Vertical Force Instrument Coefficient Mu ( μ ) This is the ratio between the mean vertical force at the compass position ...
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... ( position of rider at X ) 18 ( position of rider at Cardiff ) 0.36 X V.F. at X = 18 = -0.24 - -12 Note that the minus sign is affixed because must be acting upwards at ... compass and place the V.F. VERTICAL FORCE AT THE COMPASS POSITION 141.
... ( position of rider at X ) 18 ( position of rider at Cardiff ) 0.36 X V.F. at X = 18 = -0.24 - -12 Note that the minus sign is affixed because must be acting upwards at ... compass and place the V.F. VERTICAL FORCE AT THE COMPASS POSITION 141.
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aft line aft magnet ashore athwartship magnet RED bar magnet binnacle blue pole cause Chapter compass card compass course compass needle compass position compensated component corrector magnets deflecting needle deflector reading Deviation due deviation on 090°C distance dynes earth's magnetic field effect English Channel example F.A. magnet RED Flinder's Bar forward force H fore and aft heeling error horizontal field strength horizontal force horizontal soft iron induced magnetism Kelvin Deflector latitude lubber line magnet placed magnetic bearing Magnetic course magnetic equator magnetic moment magnetic needle magnets to correct Max E dev maximum deviation N-S axis neutral course oersted oscillations perm place where H pole strength relative directive rider S.I. spheres ship upright ship's head ship's multiplier ship's permanent magnetism slewed soft iron spheres starboard transverse soft iron V.F. Instrument value of coefficient vertical force vertical magnets vertical soft iron vibrations