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Code 8515
EUR 500.00
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1782142000Code 8515 Small CompassSmall Victorian traveler's pocket compass, late 19th-century England, made of brass, housed in its original case. Sixteen-compass card rose complete with protractor circle. Good condition, fully functional.
Dimensions: 5 x 1.3 cm – 2 x 0.4 in
The first historical references to the use of magnetic directional force in Europe date back to the late 12th or early 13th century and attribute the exploitation of the magnet's properties to the Amalfitans. The claim that they had invented the compass, given by Panormita and repeated by Flavio Biondo, gave rise to the legend of a nonexistent Flavio Gioia of Amalfi, who built the first compass in 1302. The instrument spread throughout the Mediterranean and was then imported to Nordic countries. This primitive compass consisted of a magnetized rod fixed to a wooden rod, floating in a container of water. The Italians improved upon it by first adding a container to protect the float from the wind; then, towards the middle of the 14th century, they suspended the magnet on a spike and, finally, superimposed a compass rose, usually highly ornate, on the magnet. Gimbal suspension made its first appearance around the middle of the 16th century. An exact description can be found in the short compendium “De la esfera y de la arte de navegar” by Martin Cortés (1551), which gives precise instructions for the construction of the compass. The great discoveries of new lands from the mid-15th century onwards are largely due to the improvements in the instrument.
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