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The first compass was invented around 247 B.C. in China and by the eleventh century it was used for navigation.In medieval Europe around 1300 the dry compass was invented and was replaced by the liquid filled magnetic compass in the early twentieth century.A compass is a navigational instrument which is used for determining the direction related to the Earthâs magnetic poles.n medieval Europe around 1300 the dry compass was invented and was replaced by the liquid filled magnetic compass in the early twentieth century. A compass is a navigational instrument which is used for determining the direction related to the Earthâs magnetic poles.
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.