Earliest records show a spoon shaped compass made of lodestone or magnetite ore, referred to as a "South-pointer" dating back to sometime during the Han Dynasty (2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE).
He worked by royal appointment as a maker of mathematical instruments to Louis XIV and Louis XV, of France. This is a horizontal compass sundial, made of gilded silver. It is of 'Butterfield' type ...
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