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Code 8594
EUR 1200.00
In stock
1790350815Code 8594 Nautical CompassLiquid-filled compass mounted on a universal joint and mounted on a custom-made wooden and brass board. English manufacture, late 19th century. The compass consists of a cylindrical brass container, with a hard metal stem fixed to the bottom. The stem supports the compass rose, complete with a protractor ring, which is properly secured so that the zero coincides with the magnetic polarity.
Good condition, fully functional.
Dimensions with base: 24.5 x 14 x 14 cm (9.7 x 5.5 x 5.5 in), compass diameter: 14 cm (5.5 in).
To minimize friction, the mortar is filled with a low-freezing liquid, which also serves to quickly dampen any oscillations, and is closed at the top with a sturdy protective glass.
The Greeks and Romans were still unaware of the possibility of exploiting magnetic fields for orientation, while it seems that this possibility was already somewhat known to the Chinese: around 2600 BC, Emperor Hoang-Ti managed to defeat Prince Tchi-Yeou in battle thanks to a "magic" chariot, the See-Nan (chariot indicating south). Thanks to this device, the emperor identified the enemy's escape route, even though the enemy had hidden it with a blanket of smoke. Fixed to the chariot was a wooden human-shaped figure that rotated on itself and, with its arm outstretched, always pointed south (indicating south obviously also indicated north, but south was considered the most important cardinal point by the Chinese.
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