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RefNoRBO/21/59
AltRefNoRBO.21.337
LevelItem
Title'The Variation of the magnetic Needle, as observed in three Voyages from London to MaryLand' by Captain Walter Hoxton
Date1739
DescriptionNote says that longitude was taken from the Lizard in Cornwall
Tables showing observations from 1732, 1733 and 1734
Read to the Royal Society on 24 May 1739
LanguageEnglish
Extent4 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
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