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1529053252Code 6072 Antique French compassSmall travel compass of turned brass, compass card with eight winds and goniometric circle of engraved and chromed brass, complete with needle block for the calculation of horizontal angles. On the compass needle there are indications N and S. French manufacture of the early twentieth century. Excellent condition fully functional. Diameter 4 cm thick 1.2 cm.

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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