Population by Place in Sherman County There are 2 places in Sherman County. This section compares all 2 of those to each other.
Used in Ancient China as early as the Qin dynasty (221 BCE â 207 BCE) or before, Chinese compasses were invented for more than just helping people find their way when traveling. Compasses were originally developed for aligning buildings with directions (north, south, east or west), and as a tool used in fortune telling.
As for the compass usage in navigation, Shen Kua mentioned it in his bookâDream Pool Essaysâ in 1086. There were other recorded Chinese usage of the compass for navigation in 1124, 1126. However Needham thought the compass was first used for navigation in the period from 850â1050. This is about a century before the compass was mentioned by Alexander Neckam in âDe Naturis Rerumâ in 1190. The compass did not reach Europe by way of the Arabs.