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Here is a quote from William Gilbert (1600): "Over-inquisitive
theologians, too, seek to light up God's mysteries and things
beyond man's understanding by means of the loadstone as a
sort of Delphic sward and as an illustration of all sort of things."
Loadstone is a north-seeking magnet, presumably recognizing
this special direction. While philosophers speculated some
unknown inventors found practical ways of using the mystery
phenomenon for navigational purposes.