When were the first magnetic compasses used by chinese ships?
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History of the compass Magnetic compass Lodestone Junk (ship) List of Chinese inventions History of navigation History of science and technology in China History of geomagnetism Sailing ship Gimbal
The <b>magnetic compass</b> was <b>first</b> invented as a device for divination as ... The 
<b>compass</b> was <b>used</b> in Song Dynasty <b>China</b> by the military for ... to 1117: The 
<b>ship&#39;s</b> pilots are acquainted with the configuration of the ... for the use of the 
<b>compass</b> as a maritime navigational device <b>did</b> not appear until 1117. A <b>compass</b> is an instrument <b>used</b> for navigation and orientation that shows 
direction relative to ... Increasingly, electronic fluxgate <b>compasses</b> are <b>used</b> on 
smaller <b>vessels</b>. However, <b>magnetic</b> ... The <b>first compasses</b> in ancient Han 
dynasty <b>China were</b> made of lodestone, a naturally magnetized ore of iron. The 
<b>compass</b> was&nbsp;... A lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite. They are 
naturally occurring <b>magnets</b>, which can attract iron. The property of magnetism 
was <b>first</b> discovered in antiquity through ... The earliest <b>Chinese</b> literary reference 
to magnetism occurs in the 4th-century BC Book of the ... as if the devil <b>were</b> in 
them. A junk is a type of <b>Chinese</b> sailing <b>ship</b>. They <b>were</b> developed during the Song 
dynasty ... The Malay Maritime Code, <b>first</b> drawn up in the late 15th century, uses 
jong ... The sail of <b>Chinese</b> junks is an adoption of Malay junk sail, which <b>used</b> 
vegetal ... the accuracy of <b>magnetic compasses</b> aboard <b>ship</b>, whether from a 
failure to&nbsp;... <b>China</b> has been the source of many innovations, scientific discoveries and 
inventions. ... This sub-section is about paper making; for the writing material <b>first</b> 
<b>used</b> in ... of the lodestone <b>compass</b> long before it was described in <b>China</b>, the 
Olmecs <b>did</b> not have ... The <b>vessels</b> may have been <b>used</b> as cookware, 
manufactured by&nbsp;... The history of navigation is the history of seamanship, the art of directing <b>vessels</b> 
upon the open ... The pole stars <b>were used</b> to navigate because they <b>did</b> not 
disappear below ... In the mid-<b>1st</b> century AD Lucan writes of Pompey who 
questions a sailor ... In <b>China</b> between 1040 and 1117, the <b>magnetic compass</b> 
was being&nbsp;... Ancient <b>Chinese</b> scientists and engineers made significant scientific innovations, 
findings and ... Among the engineering accomplishments of <b>early China were</b> 
matches, dry ... <b>compass</b>, and the discovery of the concept of true north (with 
<b>magnetic</b> ... Hong Mai (1123–1202) <b>used</b> ancient Han Dynasty era <b>vessels</b> to 
debunk&nbsp;... The history of geomagnetism is concerned with the history of the study of Earth&#39;s 
<b>magnetic</b> field. ... At <b>first</b>, <b>compasses were</b> thought to point towards locations in 
the heavens, then towards <b>magnetic</b> ... In <b>China</b>, a similar life force, or qi, was 
believed to animate <b>magnets</b>, so the <b>Chinese used early compasses</b> for feng shui
. A sailing <b>ship</b> uses sails, mounted on two or more masts, to harness the power of 
wind and ... The <b>first</b> sailing <b>vessels were</b> developed for use in the South <b>China</b> 
Sea and also ... and <b>were</b> guided by navigation techniques that included the 
<b>magnetic compass</b> ... Such <b>vessels used</b> a steering oar as a rudder to control 
direction. A gimbal is a pivoted support that allows the rotation of an object about a single 
axis. A set of ... For example, on a <b>ship</b>, the gyroscopes, shipboard <b>compasses</b>, 
stoves, and ... The gimbal suspension <b>used</b> for mounting <b>compasses</b> and the like 
is ... of <b>Chinese</b> gimbals <b>used</b> for incense burners date to the <b>early</b> Tang Dynasty
&nbsp;...
History of the compass Magnetic compass Junk (ship) Lodestone List of Chinese inventions History of navigation Gimbal Four Great Inventions History of geomagnetism Zhu Yu (author)
The <b>magnetic compass</b> was <b>first</b> invented as a device for divination as ... The 
<b>compass</b> was <b>used</b> in Song Dynasty <b>China</b> by the military for ... to 1117: The 
<b>ship&#39;s</b> pilots are acquainted with the configuration of the coasts;&nbsp;... A <b>compass</b> is an instrument <b>used</b> for navigation and orientation that shows 
direction relative to ... Among the Four Great Inventions, the <b>magnetic compass</b> 
was <b>first</b> invented as a device for divination as early as the <b>Chinese</b> Han Dynasty 
(since c. ... Increasingly, electronic fluxgate <b>compasses</b> are <b>used</b> on smaller 
<b>vessels</b>. A junk is a type of <b>Chinese</b> sailing <b>ship</b>. They were developed during the Song 
dynasty ... The Malay Maritime Code, <b>first</b> drawn up in the late 15th century, uses 
jong ... The sail of <b>Chinese</b> junks is an adoption of Malay junk sail, which <b>used</b> 
vegetal ... the accuracy of <b>magnetic compasses</b> aboard <b>ship</b>, whether from a 
failure to&nbsp;... A lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite. They are 
naturally occurring <b>magnets</b>, which can attract iron. The property of magnetism 
was <b>first</b> discovered in antiquity through ... The earliest <b>Chinese</b> literary reference 
to magnetism occurs in the 4th-century BC Book of the Devil Valley Master (
Guiguzi). <b>China</b> has been the source of many innovations, scientific discoveries and 
inventions. ... Evidence of gunpowder&#39;s <b>first use</b> in <b>China</b> comes from the Tang 
dynasty ... declination (in discerning true north) and the <b>magnetic</b> needle 
<b>compass</b> in his ... Cookware and pottery vessel: The earliest pottery <b>vessels</b> were 
discovered in&nbsp;... The history of navigation is the history of seamanship, the art of directing <b>vessels</b> 
upon the open ... In <b>China</b> between 1040 and 1117, the <b>magnetic compass</b> was 
being developed and applied to navigation. This let ... In 1899 the R.F. Matthews 
was the <b>first ship</b> to <b>use</b> wireless communication to request assistance at sea. A gimbal is a pivoted support that allows the rotation of an object about a single 
axis. A set of three gimbals, one mounted on the other with orthogonal pivot axes, 
may be <b>used</b> to allow an object mounted on the innermost gimbal to remain 
independent of the rotation of its support (e.g. vertical in the <b>first</b> animation). ... 
The gimbal suspension <b>used</b> for mounting <b>compasses</b> and the like is&nbsp;... The Four Great Inventions are inventions from ancient <b>China</b> that are celebrated 
in <b>Chinese</b> ... A lodestone <b>compass</b> was <b>used</b> in <b>China</b> during the Han Dynasty 
between the 2nd century BCE and <b>1st</b> century CE, where it was ... The <b>first</b> 
suspended <b>magnetic</b> needle <b>compass</b> was written of by Shen Kuo in his book of 
1088. The history of geomagnetism is concerned with the history of the study of Earth&#39;s 
<b>magnetic</b> field. ... The horizontal direction of the Earth&#39;s field was <b>first</b> measured in 
the fourth century BC ... The <b>magnetic compass</b> existed in <b>China</b> back as far as 
the fourth century BC. It was <b>used</b> as much for feng shui as for navigation on land. Zhu Yu was a <b>Chinese</b> author and historian of the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD). 
He retired in ... Although the <b>compass</b> needle was <b>first</b> described in detail by the 
<b>Chinese</b> ... from Zhu Yu&#39;s Pingzhou Ketan relating to the <b>use</b> of the <b>compass</b> 
states: ... Confirming Zhu Yu&#39;s writing on Song Dynasty <b>ships</b> with bulkhead hull&nbsp;...
History of the compass Magnetic compass Lodestone Junk (ship) List of Chinese inventions History of navigation History of science and technology in China History of geomagnetism Sailing ship Gimbal
The <b>magnetic compass</b> was <b>first</b> invented as a device for divination as ... The 
<b>compass</b> was <b>used</b> in Song Dynasty <b>China</b> by the military for ... to 1117: The 
<b>ship&#39;s</b> pilots are acquainted with the configuration of the ... for the use of the 
<b>compass</b> as a maritime navigational device <b>did</b> not appear until 1117. A <b>compass</b> is an instrument <b>used</b> for navigation and orientation that shows 
direction relative to ... Increasingly, electronic fluxgate <b>compasses</b> are <b>used</b> on 
smaller <b>vessels</b>. However, <b>magnetic</b> ... The <b>first compasses</b> in ancient Han 
dynasty <b>China were</b> made of lodestone, a naturally magnetized ore of iron. The 
<b>compass</b> was&nbsp;... A lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite. They are 
naturally occurring <b>magnets</b>, which can attract iron. The property of magnetism 
was <b>first</b> discovered in antiquity through ... The earliest <b>Chinese</b> literary reference 
to magnetism occurs in the 4th-century BC Book of the ... as if the devil <b>were</b> in 
them. A junk is a type of <b>Chinese</b> sailing <b>ship</b>. They <b>were</b> developed during the Song 
dynasty ... The Malay Maritime Code, <b>first</b> drawn up in the late 15th century, uses 
jong ... The sail of <b>Chinese</b> junks is an adoption of Malay junk sail, which <b>used</b> 
vegetal ... the accuracy of <b>magnetic compasses</b> aboard <b>ship</b>, whether from a 
failure to&nbsp;... <b>China</b> has been the source of many innovations, scientific discoveries and 
inventions. ... This sub-section is about paper making; for the writing material <b>first</b> 
<b>used</b> in ... of the lodestone <b>compass</b> long before it was described in <b>China</b>, the 
Olmecs <b>did</b> not have ... The <b>vessels</b> may have been <b>used</b> as cookware, 
manufactured by&nbsp;... The history of navigation is the history of seamanship, the art of directing <b>vessels</b> 
upon the open ... The pole stars <b>were used</b> to navigate because they <b>did</b> not 
disappear below ... In the mid-<b>1st</b> century AD Lucan writes of Pompey who 
questions a sailor ... In <b>China</b> between 1040 and 1117, the <b>magnetic compass</b> 
was being&nbsp;... Ancient <b>Chinese</b> scientists and engineers made significant scientific innovations, 
findings and ... Among the engineering accomplishments of <b>early China were</b> 
matches, dry ... <b>compass</b>, and the discovery of the concept of true north (with 
<b>magnetic</b> ... Hong Mai (1123–1202) <b>used</b> ancient Han Dynasty era <b>vessels</b> to 
debunk&nbsp;... The history of geomagnetism is concerned with the history of the study of Earth&#39;s 
<b>magnetic</b> field. ... At <b>first</b>, <b>compasses were</b> thought to point towards locations in 
the heavens, then towards <b>magnetic</b> ... In <b>China</b>, a similar life force, or qi, was 
believed to animate <b>magnets</b>, so the <b>Chinese used early compasses</b> for feng shui
. A sailing <b>ship</b> uses sails, mounted on two or more masts, to harness the power of 
wind and ... The <b>first</b> sailing <b>vessels were</b> developed for use in the South <b>China</b> 
Sea and also ... and <b>were</b> guided by navigation techniques that included the 
<b>magnetic compass</b> ... Such <b>vessels used</b> a steering oar as a rudder to control 
direction. A gimbal is a pivoted support that allows the rotation of an object about a single 
axis. A set of ... For example, on a <b>ship</b>, the gyroscopes, shipboard <b>compasses</b>, 
stoves, and ... The gimbal suspension <b>used</b> for mounting <b>compasses</b> and the like 
is ... of <b>Chinese</b> gimbals <b>used</b> for incense burners date to the <b>early</b> Tang Dynasty
&nbsp;...
History of the compass Magnetic compass Junk (ship) Lodestone History of navigation Zhu Yu (author) History of geomagnetism List of Chinese inventions Sailing ship Four Great Inventions
The <b>magnetic compass</b> was first invented as a device for divination as ... The 
<b>compass</b> was used in Song Dynasty <b>China</b> by the military for ... to 1117: The 
<b>ship&#39;s</b> pilots are acquainted with the configuration of the coasts;&nbsp;... A <b>compass</b> is an instrument used for navigation and orientation that shows 
direction relative to ... Large <b>ships</b> typically rely on a gyrocompass, using the 
<b>magnetic compass</b> only as a backup. Increasingly ... The first <b>compasses</b> in 
ancient Han dynasty <b>China</b> were made of lodestone, a naturally magnetized ore 
of iron. A junk is a type of <b>Chinese</b> sailing <b>ship</b>. They were developed during the Song 
dynasty ... Junks also relied on the <b>compass</b> for navigational purposes. ... Indeed, 
a review of the evidence shows that the <b>Chinese</b> embarked <b>magnetic</b> pointer was
&nbsp;... A lodestone is a naturally magnetized piece of the mineral magnetite. They are 
naturally occurring <b>magnets</b>, which can attract iron. ... The earliest <b>Chinese</b> 
literary reference to magnetism occurs in the 4th-century BC Book of the ... back 
the first mention of the <b>magnetic compass</b> in Europe to Alexander Neckam about 
+1190,&nbsp;... The history of navigation is the history of seamanship, the art of directing <b>vessels</b> 
upon the open ... In <b>China</b> between 1040 and 1117, the <b>magnetic compass</b> was 
being developed and applied to navigation. This let masters continue sailing a&nbsp;... Zhu Yu was a <b>Chinese</b> author and historian of the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD). 
He retired in ... Although the <b>compass</b> needle was first described in detail by the 
<b>Chinese</b> scientist Shen Kuo (1031–1095) in his Dream ... Zhu also described 
bulkhead builds in the hulls of <b>Chinese ships</b> for creating watertight 
compartments. The history of geomagnetism is concerned with the history of the study of Earth&#39;s 
<b>magnetic</b> field. ... The <b>magnetic compass</b> existed in <b>China</b> back as far as the 
fourth century BC. ... in One Thousand and One Nights) that a <b>magnetic</b> mountain 
could pull all the nails out of a <b>ship</b>, causing the <b>ship</b> to fall apart and founder. <b>China</b> has been the source of many innovations, scientific discoveries and 
inventions. ... This includes the Four Great Inventions: papermaking, the <b>compass</b>
, ... on forecastles of naval <b>ships</b> ensured the victory of Song over Jin forces at the 
Battle ... declination (in discerning true north) and the <b>magnetic</b> needle <b>compass</b> 
in his&nbsp;... A sailing <b>ship</b> uses sails, mounted on two or more masts, to harness the power of 
wind and ... In the 15th century, the <b>Chinese</b> were using the <b>magnetic compass</b> to 
identify direction of travel. By the 16th century in Europe, navigational&nbsp;... The Four Great Inventions are inventions from ancient <b>China</b> that are celebrated 
in <b>Chinese</b> ... The first suspended <b>magnetic</b> needle <b>compass</b> was written of by 
Shen Kuo in his book of 1088. ... by the use of the loadstone, and soon after the 
Christian era they navigated their <b>vessels</b> by the use of the <b>magnetic</b> needle.
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