| Reference number | PT/13/10 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, 'On irregularities observed in the direction of the compass needles, of HMS Isabella and Alexander in their late voyage of discovery, caused by the attraction of the iron contained in them' by Captain Edward Sabine |
| Date | [1819] |
| Description | 10 manuscript pages also containing two plates showing errors in the compasses of the two ships.
Subject: Navigation / Magnetism
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On irregularities observed in the direction of the compass needles of H. M. S. Isabella and Alexander, in their late voyage of discovery, and caused by the attraction of the iron contained in the ships'.
Read 18 February 1819.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833. |
| Extent | 10p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0104 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1819.0010 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/13/10/1 |
| PT/13/10/2 |
| PT/13/10/3 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |