Paper, 'A new and exact table collected from severall observations taken from the year 1721 to 1729 in 9 voyages to Hudson Bay North America by Capt C Middleton shewing the variation of the compass according to the lattitudes and longitudes under mentioned accounting the longitude from the meridian of London' by C [Christopher] Middleton
Reference number: CLP/9ii/22
Date: 1731

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Tables showing variation of the magnetic needle at various latitudes and longitudes on various journeys to the Hudson Bay in Canada.
Subject: Magnetism / Navigation
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A new and exact table collected from several observations taken from the year 1721 to 1729, in nine voyages to Hudson's Bay in North-America, by Captain C. Middleton; shewing the variation of the compass according to the latitudes and longitudes under-mentioned, accounting the longitude from the meridian of London. Communicated by Mr. Benj. Robins, F. R. S'.
Communicated by Benjamin Robins. Read to the Royal Society on 24 June 1731.
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Christopher Middleton, Paper, 'A new and exact table collected from severall observations taken from the year 1721 to 1729 in 9 voyages to Hudson Bay North America by Capt C Middleton shewing the variation of the compass according to the lattitudes and longitudes under mentioned accounting the longitude from the meridian of London' by C [Christopher] Middleton, 1731, CLP/9ii/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9ii_22/paper-a-new-and-exact-table-collected-from-severall-observations-taken-from-the-year-1721-to-1729-in-9-voyages-to-hudson-bay-north-america-by-capt-c-middleton-shewing-the-variation-of-the-compass-according-to-the-lattitudes-and-longitudes-under-mentioned-accounting-the-longitude-from-the-meridian-of-london-by-c-christopher-middleton, accessed on 17 July 2025
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III. A new and exact table collected from several observations taken from the year 1721 to 1729, in nine voyages to Hudson's Bay in North-America, by Captain C. Middleton; shewing the variation of the compass according to the latitudes and longitudes under-mentioned, accounting the longitude from the meridian of London. Communicated by Mr. Benj. Robins, F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1731
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0013
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Classified papers: volume 9ii concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'
1666-1738 Reference number: CLP/9ii
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