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
He said: "Nothing must deflect the magnetic needle."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Persons magnetized by the mysterious force of the baquet have, however, an astonishing power over the magnetic needle and can make it deflect by motion, fixed glance, or even mere volition.
From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de
He was using a magnetic compass, which is a small magnetic needle balanced on a steel point.
From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth
