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To keep things from getting lost ...
remember that the very first compasses were NOT closed,
they consisted of a bowl of water with a load-stone (fastened to a piece of wood) floating - even earlier one just had a piece of string tied to the lode stone.
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Ekansh Rathi
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∙ 11y agoTo keep things from getting lost ...
remember that the very first compasses were NOT closed,
they consisted of a bowl of water with a load-stone (fastened to a piece of wood) floating - even earlier one just had a piece of string tied to the lode stone.
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As compass needle is a small and thin magnetized needle, it can get affected by the air and dust setting on it.
So, to avoid any kind of hindrance by outer envierment compass needle is kept in a glass casing.
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