Flinders bar
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Flinders bar
(ˈflɪndəz)n
(Navigation) nautical a bar of soft iron mounted on a binnacle to compensate for local magnetism causing error to the compass
[C19: named after Matthew Flinders (died 1814), English navigator]
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