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16th-century compass unearthed in Poland may have belonged to Copernicus

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A 500-year-old compass may have belonged to Nicolaus Copernicus .

The 16th-century find was unearthed in a network of underground tunnels beneath the town of Frombork .

The compass was a two -pronged metal device used for precise measurements in cartography, geometry and astronomy.