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Code 8377
EUR 500.00
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1776259091Code 8377 POcket CompassMagnetic hand-bearing compass, brass pocket compass, signed Plan Ltd Neuchatel Switzerland No. 13322, circa 1920s, made for the U.S. Engineer Corps.
This compass is typically used in recreational sailing, therefore on vessels less subject to magnetic deviation. It can also be held in the hand, thus away from the boat's magnetic fields.
It features a sighting system and a compass rose with a protractor circle, allowing the angle between the line of sight and the north indicated by the compass rose to be measured.
Good condition, fully functional.
Dimensions: 5.5 x 2 cm – 2.2 x 0.8 in.
The first references to the use of instruments that exploited magnetic force for navigation in Europe date back to the late 12th century, largely thanks to the knowledge brought by Arab merchants and navigators: we find references in Alexander Neckam's "De nominibus utensilium" and in the works of Guyot de Provins, in which the lodestone is described as a "sailor's companion."
The inventory of a 13th-century Sicilian ship, the San Nicolò, also mentions the presence on board of a lodestone and a "wooden compass."
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