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RefNoCLP/9ii/10
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Severall observations of the respect of the needle to a piece of iron held perpendicular, made [by] a master of a ship crossing the æquinoctial line' by unknown author
Date[1685]
DescriptionObservations at various lattitude points of the direction of a magnetic journey during a ship's journey.

Subject: Magnetism

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Severall observations of the respect of the needle to a piece of iron held perpendicular; made by a master of a ship crossing the æquinoctial line, Anno 1684. and communicated by Mr. Arthur Bayly. F. of the R. S'.

Communicated by Arthur Bayly [Bailey]. Read to the Royal Society on 26 October 1685.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1685.0074
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 15, no 77, p 1213
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5113Bailey; Arthur (- 1712); merchant - 1712
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