compass: References & Edit History

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Description	Contributor	Date
Invalidated site: History of Information - Peter Peregrinus Discovers the Compass--The Earliest Known European Work of Experimental Science.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 16, 2025
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Compass.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 29, 2023
Add new Web site: History of Compass.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 30, 2022
Add new Web site: History of Information - Peter Peregrinus Discovers the Compass--The Earliest Known European Work of Experimental Science.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 12, 2022
Add new Web site: Smithsonian - National Museum of American History - Dividers & Compasses.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 04, 2019
Add new Web site: Cultural China - Kaleidoscope - Compass.	Emily Rodriguez	Jul 18, 2016
Add new Web site: LiveScience - How Does a Compass Work?	Emily Rodriguez	Jul 18, 2016
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Compass.	Emily Rodriguez	Jul 18, 2016
Added diagram of magnetic compass and image of mariner's compass card.	Richard Pallardy	Jan 27, 2011
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Adventure - How Compasses Work.	Shiveta Singh	Feb 12, 2009
Article revised and updated.	Adam Augustyn	Mar 26, 2008
Added new Web site: Kjetil Kjernsmo - How to Use a Compass.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 29, 2007
Added new Web site: Science Museum - Brought to Life - Biography of Alexis Carrel.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 20, 2007
Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999