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Old 7th May 2012, 13:04
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Direct reading compass question

Question: When accelerating on an easterly heading in the Northern hemisphere, the compass card of a direct reading magnetic compass will turn:


I choose: anti-clockwise giving an apparent turn toward the north.

But apparently the correct answer is:

clockwise giving an apparent turn toward the north.

I have truble seeing how it can go clockwise to north? If it was going clockwise it would turn to the south.....?!
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