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RefNoPT/18/17/1
LevelItem
TitlePlate, 'January 1825' by Henry Foster
DateJanuary 1825
DescriptionChart showing magnetic needle variation at Port Bowen in January 1825, with some annotations indicating time of day.

Subject: Magnetism / Navigation

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations on the diurnal changes in the position of the horizontal needle, under a reduced directive power, at Port Bowen, 1825'.

Communicated 12 January 1826.
Extent2p
FormatDiagram
PhysicalDescriptionFold-out ink chart on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1826.0044
RelatedRecordPT/18/17
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CodePersonNameDates
NA7230Foster; Henry (1796 - 1831); navigator1796 - 1831
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