| Reference number | L&P/2/164 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'Of improvements in the mariner's compass, to render the card and needle proposed by Dr Knight of general use' by John Smeaton |
| Date | 1750 |
| Description | Contains plate.
Subject: Engineering
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some improvements of the mariners compass, in order to render the card and needle, proposed by Doctor Knight, of general use, by John Smeaton, philosophical instrument-maker.'
Read 5 July 1750 |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1749.0096 |
| Related records in the catalogue | L&P/2/164/1 |
| L&P/2/164/2 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6321 | Smeaton; John (1724 - 1792) | 1724 - 1792 |