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Task 2. Tell whether the statements are true or false:
                        1. A plain compass has no adjustment and always reads magnetic

                  north.
                        2. A vernier compass has no adjustable scale.

                        3. The solar compass was invented in 1835 by Tomas Cook.
                        4. The magnetic compass is an old Japanese invention.
                        5. The Chinese designed the compass on a square slab which had
                  markings for the cardinal points and the constellations.

                        6. The surveyor’s compass is usually the larger and more accurate
                  instrument than the Prismatic compass.
                        7. The azimuths are commonly measured on the top circle of a

                  compass clockwise from north through 180 degrees.
                        8. In a vernier compass the needle remains in a fixed position.
















































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