The South-Pointing Carriage

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By Creation Moments

Numerous Chinese legends refer to a mysterious carriage on which a mechanical rider rode. Its arm was outstretched and continuously pointed south no matter which way the carriage turned. How did it accomplish such a feat? If you’re guessing that magnets had something to do with it, you’d be wrong. Actually, the south-pointing chariot was invented about 800 years before the first navigational use of a magnetic compass.

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