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Paper, 'Observations of lattitudes and variation taken on board the Hartford in her passage from Java Head to St Hellena' by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/9ii/25

Date: 1732

Description

Data relating to the variation of the magnetic needle at various latitudes during a journey from Java Head [Tanjung Layar, Java, Indonesia] to St Hellena [Saint Helena].

Subject: Magnetism / Navigation

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations of latitude and variation, taken on board the Hartford, in her passage from Java Head to St. Hellena. Anno Dom. 1731/32. communicated by Edmund Halley, LL. D. Regius Astronomer at Greenwich'.

Communicated by Edmund Halley. Read to the Royal Society on 16 November 1732.

Reference number
CLP/9ii/25
Earliest possible date
1732
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations of lattitudes and variation taken on board the Hartford in her passage from Java Head to St Hellena' by unknown author, 1732, CLP/9ii/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9ii_25/paper-observations-of-lattitudes-and-variation-taken-on-board-the-hartford-in-her-passage-from-java-head-to-st-hellena-by-unknown-author, accessed on 13 June 2026

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