they helped jade hunters find their way back. The circle part of the dry compass is heaven, while the plate is earth. it was called the south pointing fish it wasnt used for navigation until later, it was used for fortune telling.
the first ones are wooden .
Depends on how big the compass is.
roger bacon was the first scientist .
prismatic surveying and surveying compass.
Lensatic Compass is a kind of compass which uses a magnetized dial, a lensatic compass features a special card which helps the users in reading the directions easily. A Lensatic Compass is very useful device because it has numbers which are useful in identifying the directions of target objects. The use of Lensatic Compass involves difficulties in using it.It is important to learn how to use a lensatic compass properly prior to using it, also other materials like a map and a protractor are also needed when using the compass.
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the compass came first
well the first person to make the compass was the chinese.
the first compass was made in China around the Qing Dynasty's rule.
The name of the first compass was called the "Han Dynasty." Created by Feng Shui.
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We are unsure. Since the people using the first compass didn't have a compass until that time, they didn't know where they were. After they had been using it a while and figured out where they were, they had moved and no longer knew where they were when they first used it.
Zheng He. He traveled the 7 seas by ship between 1403 and 1433 with the aid of a compass. Zheng He was not the first to travel by ship with a compass, he was only the first to record the use of a compass. The use of a compass on ships became popular during the time period of 850-1050 AD.
The Chinese were the first to use a compass for navigation, dating back to as early as the 2nd century BC.
it was first used in 1345.
since the earth is generaly a compass in itself, it was created by god.