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Should you store a compass flat?
My girlfriend keeps hanging my compass on the wall. Is this doing it any harm?
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Can a compass needle become de-magnetized over time?
My compass has become increasingly untrustworthy. Over the past couple years I had noticed that it often pointed pretty close to magnetic South, but it corrected after a light tap.
In two recent ...
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