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
No one knows why grass grows, why water runs, or why the magnetic needle points to the north.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green
As we have already mentioned, the variations of the magnetic needle have a period of the same length, its greatest variations occurring when there are most sun-spots.
From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.
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