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Meghna Thapar 6 years ago
In a compass, the tiny magnet is free to rotate on a pivot or pin and always comes to rest along the North-South direction. The compass has a circular dial with various directions marked on it. The magnetic needle in a compass is enclosed in a small brass box having a glass top. The north pole of compass needle is painted with a different colour to distinguish it from the South Pole.
The magnetic compass is used by soldiers and sailors to find directions. A freely suspended magnet always points in the north-south direction because the earth behaves as if a giant bar magnet is buried at its centre and it is the force exerted by the earth’s imaginary magnet which acts on the freely suspended magnet.
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