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RefNoPT/16/25/3
LevelItem
TitlePlate, 'Curves of the diurnal deviations of a magnetic needle having the north end held in equilibris at south by two bar magnets placed in the line of the dip' by Samuel Hunter Christie
Date[1823]
DescriptionChart showing the diurnal deviations of the magnetic needle.

Subject: Magnetism / Navigation

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the diurnal deviations of the horizontal needle when under the influence of magnets'.

Communicated by Sir H [Humphry] Davy. Read 19 June 1823.
Extent1p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionInk chart on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1823.0026
RelatedRecordPT/16/25
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8168Christie; Samuel Hunter (1784 - 1865); mathematician1784 - 1865
NA8200Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist1778 - 1829
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