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The first pivoted needle compass, c1269 (1956). Artist: Unknown

The first pivoted needle compass, c1269 (1956). From Epistola de Magnete the first treatise on magnets, written by French scholar Pierre de Maricourt (Petrus Peregrinus). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.

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The first pivoted needle compass, c1269 (1956). Artist: Unknown

Caption:

The first pivoted needle compass, c1269 (1956). From Epistola de Magnete the first treatise on magnets, written by French scholar Pierre de Maricourt (Petrus Peregrinus). A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential, by Readers Union, the Grosvenor Press, London, 1956.

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Album / The Print Collector / Heritage Images

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Image size:

3542 x 4930 px | 50.0 MB

Print size:

30.0 x 41.7 cm | 11.8 x 16.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1 • 13TH CENTURY • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • CENTURY • COMPASS • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • FIRST • FRANCE • FRENCH • HANDWRITING • HANDWRITTEN • ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT • LOCATION • MAGNETIC • MAGNETISM • MANUSCRIPT • MANUSCRIPT, ILLUMINATED • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL • MIDDLE AGES • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NAVIGATION • NAVIGATIONAL DEVICE • PETRUS • PHYSICS • PIERRE DE MARICOURT; MARICOURT • PIERRE DE; PETRUS PEREGRINUS; PEREGRINUS • SCIENCE • TECHNOLOGY • THIRTEENTH CENTURY