Unpublished paper, 'The cause of the attraction of the needle' by Robert Deverell
Reference number: AP/24/6
Date: 04 December 1839
Description
Deverell presents an overview of his reading on magnetism, lodestones and the Earth's magnetic poles. He uses the analogy of a ship to explain the phenomena of the Earth's magnetic field.
Includes five figures in the text.
Subject: Magnetism
Received 6 February 1840.
- Reference number
- AP/24/6
- Earliest possible date
- 04 December 1839
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 24 pages
- Format
- Drawing
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Creator name
Robert Deverell
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Robert Deverell, Unpublished paper, 'The cause of the attraction of the needle' by Robert Deverell, 04 December 1839, AP/24/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_24_6/unpublished-paper-the-cause-of-the-attraction-of-the-needle-by-robert-deverell, accessed on 15 May 2026
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Archived papers: volume 24, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1839-1864
1839-1864 Reference number: AP/24
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