navigational_instrument

compasses

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Properties

_kg_layer
0
behavior_in_storm
whirling velocity
description
Instruments on the Pequod used for determining direction, which are mysteriously inverted after a thunder storm, pointing East when the ship is sailing West.
function
determine direction
location
binnacle
location_on_ship
binnacle
state
inverted

Relationships

  • located_onPequod
    description
    The compasses are essential navigational instruments found on board the Pequod.
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  • extracted_fromSource
    extracted_at
    2026-03-02T00:07:57.613Z
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  • are_onPequod
    description
    The compasses, vital for navigation, are located on the Pequod and observed to spin erratically during the storm.
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    source_text
    It was thus with the Pequod’s
  • extracted_fromSource
    extracted_at
    2026-03-02T00:08:09.685Z
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  • indicate_false_direction_forPequod
    description
    The compasses on the Pequod inexplicably point East, while the ship is actually moving West.
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    source_text
    the two compasses pointed East, and the Pequod was as infallibly going West.
  • extracted_fromSource
    extracted_at
    2026-03-02T00:08:17.082Z
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