Why This Weird Compass Was Such a Big Deal

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What happens when your magnetic compass starts spinning in the wilderness? Meet William Austin Burt, who took that as a cue to invent something new. • Special thanks to the Marquette Regional History Center for access to their library and solar compass exhibit! • ✨ Want to support my work? Well, hey, thank you so much. You can learn more about how to keep this thing going at https://www.alexisdahl.com/support. • Find Me Elsewhere: • • Find stickers, hats, and other merchandise related to these videos: http://www.alexisdahl.com/store • • Want to get e-mails about my latest videos and other happenings? You can sign up here: http://www.alexisdahl.com/newsletter • • Want to work together or learn more about my work? Contact me at http://www.alexisdahl.com/ • • On Instagram, I upload nature photos, plus odds and ends: / alexis.writes • 📚 Key sources used in researching this video: • Marquette Regional History Center staff • Burt's solar compass manual: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/AJN3... • https://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(rds... • https://www.mackinac.org/795 • https://detroithistorical.org/learn/e... • https://archive.org/details/historyan... • https://project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/...

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