'Shih Lin Kuang Chi (ca. +1150 first pr. +1325) Chhen Yuan-Chhing floating wood fish compass with lodestone in'
Item
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.
Physical Description
Glass slide 8 x 8 cm
Repository Details
Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository
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Cambridge CB3 9AF United Kingdom
+441223 762157
Library@nri.cam.ac.uk