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1519400009Code 6016 British officers compassPocket compass used by British officers in the WWI, of chromed brass in the shape of a pocket watch. The compass has a snap-on cover with release button inside the ring. Compass card with four winds complete with a goniometric circle to calculate the horizontal angles. Excellent working condition, Diameter 4.5 cm - 1.77 inches, thickness 1.3 cm - 1.18 inches.

The invention of the compass is mysterious but it is well known that magnetite was discovered in Magnesia, a city of Asia Minor. We can find the first indications about the use in Europe of the magnetic force for orientation at the end of the XII century because of merchants and Arab navigators.

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