Can you find south using your watch?
Abstract
Li Jian and John Baruch examine the astronomical thinking behind the Boy Scout wristwatch compass as a means of direction finding, and assess its usefulness as you move across the surface of the Earth.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Geophysics
- Pub Date:
- June 2011
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2011A&G....52c..12J