Discovering Earth's Direction with Magnetic Needle Compass

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Hello,
How to perform and know north south from magnetic needle compass??
as in this picture it show North + south = south + north
so, how to find Earth direction??
 

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ok, thanks.
How to do experiment Stewarttangent galvanometer?
 
I mean what is the application of this experiment ?
is to find magnetic field by coil it self??
 
Hello,
At 4:12 time it say the deflection is between 30 and 60 how?
at rest it was 0 degree initial.
so, deflection should be in 0-30 or 0-60??
 
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