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 |