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by eternal0void on January 9th, 2008
China seems to have come up with the basic design of a magnetic lodestone or needle allowed to swing freely, around 221-206 B.C., but it was first used for fortunetelling rather than as a navigational aid.
The first guy recorded using it as a navigational aid was a Chinese sailor, Zheng He (1371-1435), who made seven ocean voyages. However, prior to someone actually writing down that they were using a compass, it is believed that the Chinese were already using compasses as navigational aids as early as 850.
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aQuib, this trolling of yours is understandable given your past childish behavior, but really, this sort of knowledge is common knowledge to anyone who paid attention in school.
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Considering that you refuse to believe in the Quran until someone edits out several of the verses, yet you still claim to be a part of the Islamic faith, honesty is clearly not your strong suit.
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However, since you clearly went to one of those special semi-Islamic schools where science and math are discouraged, I'll post you a couple Internet links justifying my response (bearing in mind that you've already stated that any website containing information you disagree with is automagically lying):
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History of the Compass: http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/Compass.htm
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Wikipedia Entry: The Compass
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass
by eternal0void on March 5th, 2008