LODESTONE
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LODESTONEDescription
This large egg-shaped object, banded by strips of iron on the top and around the top half, is the mass of magnetic iron employed by the famous Admiral Sir George Somers, circa AD1600, for magnetizing the compass needles of his ship(s) during his sea voyages to the New World and elsewhere. It is mounted on an oak plinth with an accompanying plaque saying, "Lodestone, Sir George Summer, obit 1610".Category
Miscellaneous