| RefNo | CLP/9ii/25 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Observations of lattitudes and variation taken on board the Hartford in her passage from Java Head to St Hellena' by unknown author |
| Date | [1732] |
| Description | Data relating to the variation of the magnetic needle at various latitudes during a journey from Java Head [Tanjung Layar, Java, Indonesia] to St Hellena [Saint Helena].
Subject: Magnetism / Navigation
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of latitude and variation, taken on board the Hartford, in her passage from Java Head to St. Hellena. Anno Dom. 1731/32. communicated by Edmund Halley, LL. D. Regius Astronomer at Greenwich'.
Communicated by Edmund Halley. Read to the Royal Society on 16 November 1732. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0058 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/18/6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8423 | Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer | 1656 - 1742 |