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Paper, 'On the magnetism of iron ships, and its accordance with theory, as determined in recent experiments' by William Scoresby

Reference number: AP/37/19

Date: 21 June 1855

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Scoresby shares details of his experiments and investigations into the 'Elba', an iron ship of 200 feet in length, built on the Tyne [England].

Subject: Magnetism / Marine engineering

Received 21 June 1855.

This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the magnetism of iron ships, and its accordance with theory, as determined externally, in recent experiments'.

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AP/37/19
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21 June 1855
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13 pages
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William Scoresby

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William Scoresby, Paper, 'On the magnetism of iron ships, and its accordance with theory, as determined in recent experiments' by William Scoresby, 21 June 1855, AP/37/19, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_37_19/paper-on-the-magnetism-of-iron-ships-and-its-accordance-with-theory-as-determined-in-recent-experiments-by-william-scoresby, accessed on 08 September 2026

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