The Bookshelf for boys and girls Book of Wonders and Curious Things (1912)
University Society, New York · New York: University Society · leaf 66
A WIRE-EDGE ON A POCKET-KNIFE. GREAT MECHANICAL MARVELS 51 … A BIT OF THE SCENERY WHERE THE NORTH END OFTHE COMPASS-NEEDLE POINTS SOUTH. To travel northward you must follow the south end of the needle. THE COMPASS The popular idea of the compass is that it is aninstrument having a freely moving needle whichpoints to the north pole. But the needle pointsto…
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