While we’re at it, is a compass needle’s North pole actually a South so that it points North? Or is the Earth’s North pole actually South so that the needle’s North pole points to it?
(I know that I could look this up, I just want to confuse people.)
While we’re at it, is a compass needle’s North pole actually a South so that it points North? Or is the Earth’s North pole actually South so that the needle’s North pole points to it?
(I know that I could look this up, I just want to confuse people.)
The needle used to be called the north seeking needle. It is magnetically south
But that’s by design, while this is a convention problem
We decided on North long before we discovered magnetism. But the magnet poles of the earth flip from time to time so ehhh.