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When were magnets first used?

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  • by John Zaremba on March 5th, 2010

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    The Chinese and Greeks discovered magnetism independently of one another when they found that lodestone attracted iron. According to San Diego Miramar College, seafarers began using magnetic compasses sometime before 1200 A.D.

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