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Image on an early Chinese compass from page 60 of the book The Science-History of the Universe. Uploaded to Flickr by the Internet Archive.
In the book, the text appearing before the image says:
as not until about the twelfth century that the discovery was made that a suspended magnet will assume a north and south position. The compass, said to have been introduced into Europe from China, appeared first about 1190.
Book Citation:
Rolt-Wheeler, Francis, ed. The Science-History of the Universe. New York: Current Literature Publishing Company, 1909.