| RefNo | CLP/9ii/22 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'A new and exact table collected from severall observations taken from the year 1721 to 1729 in 9 voyages to Hudson Bay North America by Capt C Middleton shewing the variation of the compass according to the lattitudes and longitudes under mentioned accounting the longitude from the meridian of London' by C [Christopher] Middleton |
| Date | [1731] |
| Description | Tables showing variation of the magnetic needle at various latitudes and longitudes on various journeys to the Hudson Bay in Canada.
Subject: Magnetism / Navigation
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A new and exact table collected from several observations taken from the year 1721 to 1729, in nine voyages to Hudson's Bay in North-America, by Captain C. Middleton; shewing the variation of the compass according to the latitudes and longitudes under-mentioned, accounting the longitude from the meridian of London. Communicated by Mr. Benj. Robins, F. R. S'.
Communicated by Benjamin Robins. Read to the Royal Society on 24 June 1731. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0013
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 37, no 418, p 71 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/16/12 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2673 | Robins; Benjamin (1707 - 1751) | 1707 - 1751 |
| NA5183 | Middleton; Christopher (- 1770) | - 1770 |