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Musée de l'Elysée (photography museum) in Lausanne, Switzerland. Architects Aires Mateus (Portugal).
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The Compass garden, at Breenhold Gardens, Mount Wilson.
Located at 29 The Avenue, Mount Wilson, in the Blue Mountains.
The Compass garden is one of a number of formal gardens at Breenhold Gardens. For information about, and pictures of, these gardens, see:
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The Algoma Compass arrived in port early yesterday morning. She brought with her a load of cement to be used for construction. Sometimes she will deliver road salt. It is always amazing to walk beside such a large vessel and wonder at how it stays afloat. When you look at her hull, there are stories to tell in the scratches, scrapes and rust patches.
just outside of baxter state park.
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Glow-in-the dark items store and radiate visible light. They radiate even more light if hit by ultraviolet. I hung this compass by a thread and "charged" it up using a UV flashlight.
Side note, most fluorescent bulbs and even some LED lights emit visible white light by starting with an ultraviolet source such as the ionized gas in the fluorescent bulb which then strikes a phosphor surface causing it to glow white.
The history of a magnetic compass to find direction dates back to the Han Dynasty in China (206 BC - AD 220). Initially the use of magnetic lodestones allowed the practice of Feng Shui to determine the most propitious orientation for buildings and gardens.
The first compass of the type we see above, with the magnetised needle, appeared in China during the 11th century. This allowed for portability and it became an enormous boon to Chinese sailors.
The story of this replica (from the 18th century I believe) is that it was carried by the first group of Chinese miners who arrived at the Victorian goldfields in Ararat around 1850. Their story is truly remarkable and the use of this type of compass proved invaluable. They sailed into Robe, South Australia (since they were unable to dock in Victoria - Port Phillip), and then set off on a long march, with compasses in hand, to the newly discovered goldfields. The nearest destination was Ararat over 300 kilometres away.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_compass
www.ararat.vic.gov.au/facilities/gum-san-chinese-heritage...
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A compass is a technical drawing instrument that can be used for inscribing circles or arcs. As dividers, they can also be used as tools to measure distances, in particular on maps. Compasses can be used for mathematics, drafting, navigation, and other purposes. (Wikipedia)
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There are days when it certainly clears your head to stand here. That is, if you can stand. It took quite an effort to walk into the wind on this occasion.
IMG_4720 Taken at: Irvine Point Compass, Ayrshire
The symbol of the architect, this one being 9 meter tall.
Artist: Maurice Mentjens (2015).
Cuypershuis, Roermond, The Netherlands.
Not usually an engineer's item, but I saw it, saw the price ($21) and had to have it. I might take off the top and repaint the face of the compass... we shall see.
Photographed in the Thompson Prairie area of Upper Hixon Forest on the La Crosse Ridge, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
This shows a sunrise over Compass Pond next to the Golden Road in Northern Maine. (image 34A2391) Please also visit: acadiamagic.com.
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Massive looking ornament of weathered stone of 25 cm or almost 10 inches on the monument of Columbus in Barcelona. There are a lot of them placed vertically around the column. By my Point of View it appears more to be laying down.
Walking the black hiking trail in Marstrand, on the west coast in Sweden, you will find this painted compass by Carl-Michael Ström.
I've always enjoyed finding Compass Plants and marveling at their height. Reaching up to 10 feet, they tower over other prairie plants. It's even better when you find one standing tall and straight as they tend to arch over from their own weight. Silphium laciniatum is native to MN. Olmsted County, MN 08/29/20
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