magnetic needle
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Finding the magnetoreceptors responsible for triggering these neurons has been like looking for a magnetic needle in a haystack.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 23, 2016
Last week Bendix Aviation Corp. announced a new automatic compass that makes the old magnetic needle* look as obsolete as a warrior's spear.
From Time Magazine Archive
He said: "Nothing must deflect the magnetic needle."
From Time Magazine Archive
Circumferent′or, an instrument used by surveyors and miners for measuring horizontal angles, consisting of a graduated circle, an index, and a magnetic needle suspended over the centre of a circle—now superseded by the Theodolite.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
On this as on the previous voyage, Hudson made some observations on the inclination or “dip” of the magnetic needle, and he is probably the first Englishman who had done so.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick
