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Who invented compass?

December 20, 2010 by 2016 Revision 20 Comments

A compass is used for determining direction identification. It is used for aviations, camping, hunting and other traveling purposes while moving from one place to another.  No records confirm that who invented or when compass invented but it was was believed that compass came into existence in the first century and was used by the Chinese. Chinese used lodestone in the compasses. They were the first to discover the special property of the lodestone, an iron metal that it always faced north when kept on a plane surface. Around 1300, mariner’s compass was invented in Europe. These were magnetic compasses of very simple kind and they were not very reliable too. For improving upon the reliability the needle was escalated under a card on a tip of a sharp pin and kept in a small box that was made of either wood or of ivory.

The ship compasses – a large gimbal mounted instrument which had its own light became popular in 19th century. In 1908 gyroscopic compass was invented, which kept the compass pointing not to the magnetic north but to the north of real earth.

The market has variety of compasses suiting the specific requirement of the individual. The variety of compasses include field compass, map navigation compass, mirror compass etc. This invention of human has been rated among the best inventions as it helps man to know about directions.

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Comments

  1. Katrina says

    February 21, 2017 at 5:03 am

    actually, china invented the compass!

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    • Bobert says

      March 27, 2017 at 2:31 pm

      China isn’t a person!

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      • ghout says

        February 1, 2018 at 1:52 am

        Why is is not saying WHO invented it?

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      • Ligmathellama says

        October 12, 2018 at 1:20 pm

        No you think honestly all this poor person is saying is that someone in China made the goddamn compass. What if he is just a nine year old trying to learn and this is what you reply with. China isn’t person. NO YOU THINK.

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    • Grace says

      April 20, 2017 at 5:15 pm

      They mean that No specific person invented the compass, they did say that the Chinese came up with the early compass though.

      Reply
    • cathrine says

      June 11, 2017 at 3:23 am

      that is true

      Reply
    • alan hall says

      September 18, 2018 at 10:06 pm

      The ancient records of the Jews, explains how God provided a “Compass” to guide a faithful Jewish prophet Lehi, of the old testament to navigate his way to the New World, about 600 BC.

      Reply
  2. Suresh says

    March 25, 2017 at 9:10 am

    Nice Article, compass was invented by chinese people in 250 BC you can check here http://whoinvented.co/how-was-the-compass-invented/

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    • Emanuel says

      October 23, 2017 at 2:41 pm

      Thank’s for the information

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    • names says

      November 27, 2017 at 2:58 pm

      which chinnese person created it tho

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    • Francisco Granval Martinez says

      December 4, 2017 at 10:08 pm

      The article dont say who invented the compass

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  3. Sqaure says

    May 31, 2017 at 2:28 pm

    Impossible. the Moors are the Masters of the Liberal Arts and Sciences. Master Navigatiors and the rightful owner of the compasses

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  4. Alex says

    June 22, 2017 at 3:01 am

    This is very disappointing very disappointing
    I learnt nothing

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  5. Ken says

    July 6, 2017 at 12:53 pm

    I came to this article to see who had invented the non-magnetic ship’s compass. It wasn’t affected by all the iron around it and kept the ship on an accurate heading.

    The inventor was featured on the national news last night, but I forgot his name. I believe it began with and S. The US Navy was so grateful it named a ship after him.

    I am happy to agree the Chinese invented it, along with most everything else, but I’d like to see some credit given to the man who perfected it and made ship navigation so much more accurate.

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  6. Hobu Singh says

    November 6, 2017 at 11:38 am

    Thanks for the great Information

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  7. lol says

    November 29, 2017 at 3:28 pm

    I found this very useful. thx peoples!

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  8. mimi says

    February 11, 2018 at 7:59 pm

    Thanks, but the really person who invented the compass is the “Chinese han dynasty since about 206 BC”.😊😊but this information is correct thanks again😇☺.

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  9. Nathan says

    March 27, 2018 at 6:28 am

    I was taught Persia invented the first compass

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  10. kate says

    April 17, 2018 at 11:13 pm

    but who tho????

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  11. alan hall says

    September 18, 2018 at 10:07 pm

    The ancient records of the Jews, explains how God provided a “Compass” to guide a faithful Jewish prophet Lehi, of the old testament to navigate his way to the New World, about 600 BC.

    Reply

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