Paper, 'Mr Powle's account of Mr Phillippes' paper concerning the variation of needle' by Henry Powle
Reference number: CLP/9ii/3
Date: 1666
Description
Henry Powle's comments on Henry Phillippes' paper (see CLP/9ii/2) regarding variation in a magnetic needle during a voyage to Bantam [Banten, Java, Indonesia]. Powle analyses the figures presented in Phillippe's paper.
Subject: Magnetism
Read to the Royal Society on 6 June 1666.
- Reference number
- CLP/9ii/3
- Earliest possible date
- 1666
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Henry Powle, Paper, 'Mr Powle's account of Mr Phillippes' paper concerning the variation of needle' by Henry Powle, 1666, CLP/9ii/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9ii_3/paper-mr-powles-account-of-mr-phillippes-paper-concerning-the-variation-of-needle-by-henry-powle, accessed on 17 May 2026
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Classified papers: volume 9ii concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'
1666-1738 Reference number: CLP/9ii
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The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.
Dates: 1592 - 1741
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