The "compass" representing "ancient Chinese geography-astronomy wisdom" is combined with a "mechanical system" representing "modern industrial growth" creates good visual tension in the piece, ...

The old Wan'an Street in Xiuning County is the main production area for traditional hand-made wooden compass.

Qian Xun is a direction marked on the ancient Chinese compass, and 15 Gengs is about 150 nautical miles. The manual covers sea routes, weather conditions, wind directions and ocean currents for ...

A WRITER in the North China Herald of Shanghai devotes a learned article to detailing and discussing the facts regarding the claim of the Chinese to have invented the mariner's compass. They did ...

The compass, or, as it is even now called in Chinese, tchi-nân, appears to have been first used at sea by this remarkable nation about the third century of our era, during the Tsin dynasty.

Qian Xun is a direction marked on the ancient Chinese compass, and 15 Gengs is about 150 nautical miles. The manual covers sea routes, weather conditions, wind directions and ocean currents for ...