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'Shih Lin Kuang Chi (ca. +1150 first pr. +1325) Chhen Yuan-Chhing floating wood fish compass with lodestone in'

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/10/4/2/4/1/8

Scope and Contents

Early forms of magnetic compass: the floating wooden fish containing lodestone and needle described in the Shih Lin Kuang Chi, ch. 10.

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

Image reproduced in Science and Civilisation in China Volume 4, Part 1, fig. 324.

Related Materials

Joseph Needham's category: Physics; Magnetism.

Physical Description

Glass slide 8 x 8 cm

Repository Details

Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository

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