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Code 8255
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1760196369Code 8255 Air Force CompassSmall mahogany and brass pocket compass used by British air force officers during the First World War, complete with an eight-compass compass rose with a protractor circle and a compass needle lock for calculating horizontal angles. Signed Barker & Son, 1918. Good condition, signs of wear, the maker's name has been erased on the wood, in perfect working order. Dimensions: 7.7 x 7.7 x 2.6 cm – 3 x 3 x 1 inches.
The Greeks and Romans were still unaware of the possibility of exploiting magnetic fields for orientation, while it seems that this possibility was already somewhat known to the Chinese: around 2600 BC, Emperor Hoang-Ti managed to defeat Prince Tchi-Yeou in battle thanks to a "magic" chariot, the See-Nan (chariot indicating south). Thanks to this device, the emperor identified the enemy's escape route, even though the enemy had hidden it with a blanket of smoke. Fixed to the chariot was a wooden human-shaped figure that rotated on itself and, with its arm outstretched, always pointed south (indicating south obviously also indicated north, but south was considered the most important cardinal point by the Chinese). The Chinese also used their discoveries relating to magnetic fields as a form of entertainment and spectacle: they threw magnetized arrows like dice, and these aligned in a south-north direction as if by magic, which greatly impressed and amazed the spectators.
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