[Moo] Asking the obvious

[Brian Bertrand]

It will probably be enough to get you generally in the direction, but
the close proximity of the iron will cause it to be off.  Any iron is
at least somewhat magnetic, it doesnt have to be fully magnetized.  In
my home state there is a place called Lyon mountain, it was an iron
mine years ago, since closed down.  If you are anywhere near there at
all, compasses aren't worth much unless you want to know where the
mountain is.

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Stacie Larson <csrpnt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well, I'll confess I didn't read the answers until I saw the apology for
> profanity, and then I was so curious about how a compass query could lead to
> swearing, I had to read them all!
>
> This leads me to ask what is probably an equally obvious question.
>
> The basic workings of a compass is a bit of free-floating iron that aims
> itself to the poles based on the magnetic field surrounding the Earth, yes?
> Presumably, Celia's story is not set in a super-technological place where
> her character would rather have a GPS, so her compass is probably pretty
> simple.  So, unless she's wearing magnetized armor, why would it make a
> significant difference?  Why wouldn't a compass still be "close enough" to
> get the character out of the forest?
>
> Cecily the Curious
>
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> Apologies to all for the profanity on the list. Sorry
>
> Celia
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