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  <dc:title>'Direction for Sea-men bound for farre voyages' by Mr Rooke</dc:title>
  <dc:description>A 'to do' list - eg to observe the declination of the compass, observe the tides, observe any unusual 'meteors', to keep a diary of events
Details about how to sound the depth of the sea without a line (figure of instrument on p 152) and to take up water near the bottom of the sea

Image: page 152, ink, size height 20 cm x width17 cm By Mr Rooke. Drawing of instrument ' to take up water neere the bottome of the sea'
See RBO/1/34 for experiment to sound the depth of the sea without a line</dc:description>
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