Essential Survival Gear Blog » System Tool http://essentialsurvivalgearcatalog.com/survivalblog Tips On Preparing And Surviving The Coming Crisis With Heirloom Seeds, Survival Gardening And Using Essential Survival Gear Wed, 16 May 2012 02:03:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Buy A Cheap Compass http://essentialsurvivalgearcatalog.com/survivalblog/buy-a-cheap-compass/ http://essentialsurvivalgearcatalog.com/survivalblog/buy-a-cheap-compass/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:45:26 +0000 Steve http://essentialsurvivalgearcatalog.com/survivalblog/?p=218 Long before GPS satellites and other high-tech navigational aids, the compass gave humans an easy and inexpensive way to orient themselves.
One of the earliest man-made navigation tools was the mariner’s compass, an early form of the magnetic compass (c.13th Century). Initially used only when the weather obscured the sun or the North Star, these first compasses were very crude. The navigator would rub an iron needle against a lodestone, stick it in a piece of straw and float it in a bowl of water. The needle would point in a northerly direction.

No matter where you stand on Earth, you can hold a compass in your hand and it will point toward the North Pole. What an unbelievably neat and amazing thing! Imagine that you are in the middle of the ocean, and you are looking all around you in every direction and all you can see is water, and it is overcast so you cannot see the sun… How in the world would you know which way to go unless you had a compass to tell you which way is “up”?

Get out of the dark ages! The compasses and digital compasses below are accurate, rugged, and reliable.

Buy a cheap compass today!


Classic Compass

Classic Compass

Measures 3 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in.. Features 2 in. graduations, declination adjustment, 0-35 degree incl… List Price: $17.95
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Lensatic Compass

Lensatic Compass

Measures 3 in. x 2 in. x 1 in.. Black plastic construction. Features five graduations, luminous poin… List Price: $17.95
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Eclipse Compass with Base

Eclipse Compass with Base

Compass measures 4 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in.. Clear acrylic construction. Features in.circle over circle … List Price: $45.95
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Eclipse Compass Kit

Eclipse Compass Kit

Compass measures 4 in. x 2 1/2 in.. Clear acrylic construction. Features in.circle over circle in. … List Price: $106.95
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