The Chinese invented the magnetic compass. Use the link below for more information.thats right
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∙ 13y agoThe first compass was invented by the Chinese during the Han dynasty, with the specific individual often credited as the inventor being a man named Zhu Yu.
The first compass was invented around the year 1044. Modern liquid magnetic compasses stem from the mariners compass that was invented in Europe around 1190.
The first compass was invented in China by a man who noticed a certain point always faced one direction. (I think)
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The compass was first invented in the Han dynasty, but further improvements were made in the Song dynasty.
The first compass was invented in ancient China during the Han Dynasty, around the 2nd century BC. It was a simple device made from magnetite, a naturally magnetized mineral, and a floating piece of lodestone pointing north-south.
They invented the first compass! They also invented gunpowder (boom!)
The compass was invented to show you the axis
d0uchbag invented the compass
The compass was invented by the Chinese during the Han Dynasty around the 2nd century BC. It is often attributed to the inventor, Ma Jun.
atrolabe came first, the astrolabe was invented before the sextant, and the sextant was the model that made the compass
The first calculator is believed to have been invented in North Africa, however China invented the spoon and the compass.