The Magnetic Compass
Overview
The magnetic compass was an important advance in navigation because it allowed mariners to determine their direction even if clouds obscured their usual astronomical cues...
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Compass
The compass is a tool used by land and sea explorers to help them navigate their journeys. Before compasses were developed, people used the sun, wind, and stars as their guides, but the compas...
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The Chinese Invent the Magnetic Compass
Overview
Sometime before the fourth century B.C. the Chinese noticed that certain minerals, properly prepared, always pointed to the south. The mineral was magn...
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The Magnetic Compass
Compass
The Chinese Invent the Magnetic Compass