Record

RefNoAP/8A/1
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished paper, 'An account of certain experiments made with a view of determining the law of attraction between iron and a magnetic compass needle' by P [Peter] Barlow
Date10 May 1819
DescriptionPaper by Barlow recounting experiments to determine the law of attraction between iron and magnetic compass needles. His distils his findings into four rules that can be used to calculate the effect of the local attraction of a ship upon a compass at any location where the dip of the magnetic needle is known. Includes two illustrations.

Annotations appear throughout in graphite. Pages 1-9 are missing from the manuscript.

Subject: Physics

Written by Barlow at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich [London]. Read to the Royal Society on 27 May 1819.
Extent18p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordAP/8A/1/1
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5788Barlow; Peter (1776 - 1862); mathematician1776 - 1862
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