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1513782269Code 5993 Vintage compassAntique dry compass placed in its original box made of turned brass, complete with cover and closed by a protective glass. Signed J.H. Steward, 457 West Strand London made in the second half of the 19th century. Eight-wind compass card printed on paper by engraving on copper plate, complete with goniometric circle. Excellent condition and fully functional. Diameter 3.7 cm - 1.45 inches, height 1.7 cm - 0.66 inches.
J.H. Steward Ltd was established in London, England in 1856 by J.H. Steward, an optician who in the mid 1800s became the optician to Her Majesty's Government and the National Rifle, and National Artillery Associations. The company existed until the mid-20th century.
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. Antique compasses are measuring instruments that had always a large public of collectors, that choose them between all antique instruments.
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