http://futurismic.com/2009/09/17/a-bearing-on-magnetic-north-growing-farther-away-all-the-time/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://futurismic.com/2009/09/17/a-bearing-on-magnetic-north-growing-farther-away-all-the-time/comment-page-1/#comment-45916 gmoke Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:58:39 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=9027#comment-45916 Moslem folk might want one that always faced towards Mecca. There's an old Chinese device called a south-facing carriage that was used to guide armies on the march, at least that's what I remember from reading Joseph Needham many years ago. Moslem folk might want one that always faced towards Mecca. There’s an old Chinese device called a south-facing carriage that was used to guide armies on the march, at least that’s what I remember from reading Joseph Needham many years ago.

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