Arab compass from the Persian Gulf. The magnetic needle was known to the chinese, but the Arabs were the first to use it floating on a plate filled with water

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Identifier	SLI 1358
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/10576/29547
Collection	Visual encyclopaedia of Islamic civilization. Slide DS36.85 .Y68 2000 v.2. 32713002912095.
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Subject	Arab compass Persian Gulf chinese Arabs
Title	Arab compass from the Persian Gulf. The magnetic needle was known to the chinese, but the Arabs were the first to use it floating on a plate filled with water
Type	Image
Volume Number	2
dc.country	Iran