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Plz to explain how it works. How can iron balls -help- with magnetic deviation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 04:05, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
- @75.73.70.113
- Hello boffins
- I agree that the Binnacle article would benefit from an explanation about how Kelvin's Balls work. Alansa53 (talk) 10:17, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
The iron balls are called "quadrantal spheres" 152.121.16.253 (talk) 10:57, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
- They're also called Kalvin's Balls or Navigator's Balls Djshaw87 (talk) 13:15, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
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