Complex sentence: Gowin Knight (10 September 1713--8 June 1772) was an English physicist who, in 1745, discovered a process for creating strongly magnetized steel, which he used to develop a compass needle able to function with greater precision.
Split into simpler sentences: Gowin Knight (10 September 1713--8 June 1772) was an English physicist who, in 1745, discovered a process for creating strongly magnetized steel. In 1745, Knight discovered a process for creating strongly magnetized steel, which he used to develop a compass needle able to function with greater precision.