Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was used for navigation Ancient Chinese alchemists realized that the magnetite ore would point towards a magnetic north. Their ...

IN his Conway Memorial Lecture, "Science and Society in Ancient ... the magnetic compass and efficient animal harness, which changed the course of civilization, were made in China, modern science ...

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Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east, and Yang wanted to break this grip of geography. He needed a way to move rice from the fertile region around the Yangtze northwest to feed his court ...