Tuesday, July 8, 2014

magnetic fields - spinning compass


There is an area where I live that prevents my compass from giving a solid direction; instead it just spins.


Does this mean that this area lacks a magnetic field, or has to many of them for my compass to get a reading? (Yes. My compass otherwise works correctly everywhere else.)




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