What are leading stones? - Vidyadip

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What are leading stones?

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It was known quite long ago to the people in China and Europe that a piece of magnetite, hung freely always settled in the north-south direction.
These rocks then came to be used for finding the directions while travelling through unknown regions.
That is why they are called leading stones or Lodestones.

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