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1702144465Code 7774 POcket CompassBrass nautical compass, used by English army officers during the First World War. It is a small vintage compass typically used in recreational sailing, therefore on boats less subject to magnetic deviation. Furthermore it can be held in the hand and therefore away from the magnetic fields of the boat. It is equipped with an aiming system with target and a compass rose with protractor circle in order to make it possible to measure the angle between the aiming line and the north indicated by the magnetic needle.
Good condition, fully functional. Measurements 5x2 – 1.9x0.7 inches.
The first hints of the use in Europe of instruments that exploited magnetic force to orient oneself in navigation date back to the end of the 12th century, above all thanks to the knowledge brought by Arab merchants and navigators: we find hints of it in Alexander Neckam's work “De nominibus utensilum” and in the works of Guyot de Provins in which the magnet is defined as “the sailor's companion”. Even in the inventory of a Sicilian ship from the 13th century, the San Nicolò, reference is made to the presence on board of a magnet and a "wooden compass".
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