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Re: Flux Gate Compass

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From: Carl Lowenstein
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 1991 18:24
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In article <1991Jan25.165409.8299@news.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov ( Scott Dorsey) writes:
>c. There weren't any flux-gate compasses used in WWII.

There certainly were flux-gate magnetometers, used
for MAD (Magnetic Airborne Detection of submarines).


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From: cdl@chiton.ucsd.edu (Carl Lowenstein)
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Subject: Re: Flux Gate Compass
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