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Chinese Magnet Figure
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Description: "A rude form of the compass used by early Chinese sailors. The little wooden figure was set on a pivot, and in the outstretched arm was placed a bar of magnetized iron."—Myers, 1905
Source: Myers, Philip Van Ness Medieval and Modern History (Boston: Ginn & Company, 1905) 277
Keywords: magnet, magnetized iron, china, chinese, compass, sailors
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