Paper, 'A new and exact table collected from severall observations taken in four voyages to Hudsons Bay in North America from London shewing the variation of the magnetical needle or sea compass in the pathway to the said bay according to the severall lattitudes and longitudes from the years 1721 to 1725' by Christ [Christopher] Middleton
Reference number: CLP/9ii/23
Date: 1727
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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 in four voyages to Hudson's Bay in North America, from London: shewing the variation of the magnetical needle, or sea compass, in the path-way to the said bay, according to the several latitudes and longitudes, from the year 1721, to 1725'.
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Christopher Middleton, Paper, 'A new and exact table collected from severall observations taken in four voyages to Hudsons Bay in North America from London shewing the variation of the magnetical needle or sea compass in the pathway to the said bay according to the severall lattitudes and longitudes from the years 1721 to 1725' by Christ [Christopher] Middleton, 1727, CLP/9ii/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9ii_23/paper-a-new-and-exact-table-collected-from-severall-observations-taken-in-four-voyages-to-hudsons-bay-in-north-america-from-london-shewing-the-variation-of-the-magnetical-needle-or-sea-compass-in-the-pathway-to-the-said-bay-according-to-the-severall-lattitudes-and-longitudes-from-the-years-1721-to-1725-by-christ-christopher-middleton, accessed on 20 July 2025
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V. A new and exact table, collected from several observations, taken in four voyages to Hudson's Bay in North America, from London: shewing the variation of the magnetical needle, or sea compass, in the path-way to the said bay, according to the several latitudes and longitudes, from the year 1721, to 1725 External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1727
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1726.0011
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Classified papers: volume 9ii concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'
1666-1738 Reference number: CLP/9ii
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