Errors on Viking sun compass hint at alternative purpose
Title
Errors on Viking sun compass hint at alternative purpose
Subject
Essays
Description
A wooden fragment found at Uunartoq, Greenland, in 1948 has long been thought to be a sun compass that Vikings used to navigate. Balázs Bernáth, et al., from Eötvös University and Estrato Research and Development Ltd, both in Budapest, Hungary, have published a paper suggesting that the gnomons on the artefact are actually to help the sailors determine when it was noon, so that they could calculate their latitude.
Creator
Lisa Zyga
Source
http://m.phys.org/
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http://m.phys.org/
Date
30/04/2013
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http://m.phys.org/
http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/469/2154/20130021
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Language
English
Type
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Identifier
http://m.phys.org/news/2013-04-errors-viking-sun-compass-hint.html#nwlt
Coverage
Viking Age, Uunartoq, Greenland
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