Definition of Flinders bar
:a soft-iron bar or bundle of soft-iron rods placed vertically near a ship's compass to counteract deviation due to magnetic induction from the earth in surrounding vertical ironwork
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Origin and Etymology of flinders bar
after Matthew Flinders †1814 English mariner
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