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1543492510Code 6117 Pocket compassSmall pocket compass made of oak and brass, complete with compass card with eight winds and an engraved brass goniometric circle and a compass needle lock for the calculation of horizontal angles. German manufacture of the second half of the nineteenth century. Excellent condition and fully functional. Cm 7.6x7.6x h 2.5 - inches 2.99x2.99x h 0.98.

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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