RSSUse your Wristwatch As a Compass
By Robert Birming in Science & Tech on Aug 14, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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frenki
or if you use one of those 24hr watches, if you point the small arm to the sun, midnight point will show the south.
esa
do people really have to be reminded of these things? you lot really didn’t know this?
Ali S.
I used to know how to do this when I was in the Boy Scouts, however, time passed by (get it!?) and I forgot.
Sid Morrison
Heh heh… the technique needs a little modifying in the Southern Hemisphere…
Terry Austin
If there’s sun, shove a stick in the ground, and point it directly at the sun so there is no shadow. Now wait until there is a shadow, and it will point directly east.
Laura
what if the hour hand is past the 6 mark, is the halfway point still halfway cockerclosewise from the 12?
ex: the hour hand is on 8. is the halfway piont at 4 or 10?
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joe
