RefNo | PT/13/8/2 |
Level | Item |
Title | Plate, apparatus for taking azimuths by William Scoresby |
Date | 4 November 1818 |
Description | Figure drawn in ink showing an apparatus designed for measuring azimuths at sea. Contained in letter that accompanied Scoresby's paper 'On the anomaly in the variation of the magnetic needle as observed on ship-board', found at PT/13/7.
Subject: Magnetism / Navigation
Figure published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper 'On the anomaly in the variation of the magnetic needle as observed on ship-board'.
Written by Scoresby at Whitby and addressed to Banks at Soho Square, London. Read 4 February 1819. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Drawing |
PhysicalDescription | Ink drawing on paper |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1819.0008 |
RelatedRecord | PT/13/7 |
PT/13/8 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6138 | Scoresby; William (1789 - 1857) | 1789 - 1857 |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |