Talk:Hirtz compass

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A fact from Hirtz compass appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 April 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Hirtz compass, a medical device invented in 1907 that was used to locate bullets and shrapnel in patients, usually gave results precise within 1–2 millimeters?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/April.

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How does it actually work- magnetism?

IceDragon64 (talk) 22:54, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is it still used at all today, if not, why not?

IceDragon64 (talk) 22:55, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK, so how the hell does it work? This article seems almost completely without meaning to me. What does it look like? What, not a single picture? This article needs SERIOUS help... why is it not on the list for deletion, if this is the best that can be done? Especially when other articles, which, I can argue, are far more significant and have far fewer problems, are up for deletion? So... we have a fantastic medical device from WWI... that, apparently, saved a bunch of lives... was significant enough to include here... and the article gives no clue as to HOW it worked, or a picture, or ANYTHING truly significant about it. Huh. Is this a good encyclopedia or not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.161.51.117 (talk) 03:55, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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