And before the end of the thirteenth century some genius (perhaps indeed a man of Amalfi as the story goes) had glued a 'touched' wire under a circular painting of the seaman's compass or wind-rose, and set that on the pivot.
Nangaphambi kokuphela kweshumi elinesithathu lenkulungwane ezinye zamandla engqondo (mhlawumbi ngokwenene lamadoda kaAmalfi ngokuba ibali liqhubeka) yayincamathela okweglu yocingo phantsi kwesazinge olupeyintwe ngomatiloshe bekampami okanye ngabomoya-Rozi, abekwe phezu kwesikhonkwane ekujikeleza kuso icango.