What is the difference between a barnacle and a binnacle? Anyone? Anyone? Well, yes, both are related to the sea, but the difference ends there. A barnacle is a small marine animal that likes to ...
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Why ships have two metal balls on the compass, the clever trick that fixes magnetic errors at sea
A ship’s steel hull becomes part of Earth’s magnetic field, which can quietly skew a magnetic compass in different directions as the vessel turns and heels. This explains how binnacle correctors work, ...
Question: Enclosed is photo of something called a binnacle given during the 1920s to my distant relative by a man who was a Delaware River pilot. It is 20½ inches high, 13½ inches wide and 8¼ inches ...
11 1/4 x 10 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (28.6 x 27.3 x 24.1 cm.) ...
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