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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
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Powle

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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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