2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
Today we want to tell and show how to make a compass from available tools in a couple of minutes.
The modern traveler goes on a hike armed with equipment to the teeth: a smartphone, a navigator, a portable charger, a camera - this is probably not a complete list of travel gadgets. But, as they say, rely on technology, but don't make a mistake yourself: knowledge of the basics of survival in the wild has not bothered anyone yet. Therefore, today we want to tell you and show you how to make a compass with the help of available tools.
So, you will need: a container for water, a needle and a piece of any floating material (foam, sponge, cork or a simple sheet, as in our case).
Further actions are simple. We take a container and pour water into it. Then we take out the needle and magnetize one end of it: for this you can use a magnet, and in its absence - a cloth or even your own hair. Now we install the magnetized needle on a piece of floating material and lower it into a container with water. After a while, our needle-arrow will stop wobbling, and its magnetized side will point from south to north.
This is how it all looks in practice:
Now you will probably be able to navigate in unfamiliar terrain, because making such a compass will not be difficult.
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