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ESTADOS UNIDOS. Federal Aviation Administration. Joint aircraft system/component code/table and definitions. [Oklahoma City, OKC], 2008.
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GRÃ-BRETANHA. Meteorological Office. The meteorological glossary. 2nd ed. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1930.
Contexto
Magnetic Compass The instrument which indicates the magnetic heading of an aircraft by self contained magnetized needles. Typical parts are compensator, adjusting screw, gasket, float, case, etc.
Fortin Barometer.—A portable form of mercurial BAROMETER in which the zero of the scale is fixed by a pointer, inside the cistern. By making the cistern partly of leather and providing an adjusting screw, the level of mercury in the cistern can be brought up to the scale zero before each reading is taken.
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