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1451394386Code 4904 American compassSmall compass, chromed brass, complete with goniometric circle and block of needle to calculate the horizontal angles, signed Taylor Rochester NY USA, pocket watch shaped, made in the USA in 1920s. Compass diameter 4.2 cm - 2.7 inch, width cm 1-inch 0.3.

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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