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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: HP Monitor models
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.201232.23942@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Nov18.180256.25386@adobe.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:12:32 GMT
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- taft@adobe.com (Ed Taft) writes:
- :
- : I'm told there are some places on earth where the variation is greater
- : than 90 degrees. That is, a magnetic compass indicates north as being
- : in a southerly direction. This is true not only at the North Pole but
- : in some other places (southeast Asia?) where the earth's magnetic field
- : has weird bends in it.
-
- Don't need wierd bends. It is true for quite a large area of Canada in
- the vicinity of Hudson's Bay (where the magnetic north pole is located).
-
- There variations of 90 degrees or greater are standard. It is possible
- to have a 180 degree variation, if you are on a line directly north of
- the magnetic north pole.
-
- Bill
-