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Burt's solar compass or astronomical compass/sun compass is a surveying instrument that makes use of the Sun's direction instead of In Bagnold had produced a simple, home-made sun compass by which the true bearing could be read accurately and quickly even when the vehicle was bumping over From Sundials to Sun Compasses. He also developed the practice of reducing tyre pressure for vehicles travelling over loose sand and that driving at speed was by far the best way to drive over sand dunes ' though the driver had to be wary They developed specialist equipment, such as the Bagnold sun-compass, and refined techniques for traversing the difficult terrain, unaware of the significance of the skills they were honing. Instructions for the Bagnold sun-compass The use of the Bagnold sun-compass as described in the Journal for makes it necessary to carry a book of Davis' sun azimuth tables and to compile each morning a set of values for use during the day In Bagnold had produced a simple, home-made sun compass by which the true bearing could be read accurately and quickly even when the vehicle was bumping over rough ground. The navigator could thus make a continuous record of bearing and mileage regardless of the course changes made by his leader to avoid obstacles The theory which allowed the reconversion of the Horizontal Analemmatic Sundials to Universal Sun Compasses, that were used to substitute the Magnetic Compasses in locations where they are unusableSee Full PDF. Download PDF Bagnold and his team of like-minded explorers developed a sun compass that was unaffected by metal and therefore not affected by magnetism. Includes solar azimuth tables fordegrees latitude (LRDG) that very effectively put to use the knowledge and experience that Bagnold and his colleagues had accumulated during their earlier travels and that utilized the techniques William Austin Burt's solar compass. The use of the Bagnold sun-compass as described in the Journal for makes it necessary to carry a book of Davis' sun azimuth tables and to compile each morning a Cream-coloured folded instruction booklet for use of the Bagnold Sun-Compass.