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1444313401Code 4756 Small compassSmall compass with brass cover; the instrument consists of a magnetic needle free to rotate on a horizontal plane indicating the direction of magnetic north. paper compass card with 8 winds printed by engraving on copper plate and complete with the block of the needle. French manufacture of the thirties. Diameter 4.3 cm - inch 1.6, height 1.5 cm - 0.5 inch. Very good condition.

The first hints in Europe on the use of instruments using magnetic fields for orientation are dated back to the late twelfth century, especially thanks to the knowledge brought by merchants and sailors after contacts with the Arabs: we find hints in the work by Alexander Neckam "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works by Guyot de Provins, where the magnet is called "sailor's friend". Even the inventory of a Sicilian ship of 1200's, the San Nicolò, refers to the presence on board of a magnet and a "bussola di ligno", that is a wooden compass.

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