Paper, 'Of the magnetic needle affeced by cold' by Christopher Middleton
Reference number: CLP/9ii/32
Date: 20 April 1738
Description
Middleton describes several instances where he observed the magnetic needle not moving at all when travelling at sea through cold and snowy areas. The needle moved again after sitting next to a fire for a quarter of an hour.
Subject: Navigation / Magnetism
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An observation of the magnetic needle being so affected by great cold, that it would not traverse; by Capt. Christopher Middleton, F. R. S'.
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- CLP/9ii/32
- Earliest possible date
- 20 April 1738
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- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Christopher Middleton, Paper, 'Of the magnetic needle affeced by cold' by Christopher Middleton, 20 April 1738, CLP/9ii/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9ii_32/paper-of-the-magnetic-needle-affeced-by-cold-by-christopher-middleton, accessed on 12 December 2025
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III. An observation of the magnetic needle being so affected by great cold, that it would not traverse; by Capt. Christopher Middleton, F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1738
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0047
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Classified papers: volume 9ii concerning 'Mineralogy, Magneticks'
1666-1738 Reference number: CLP/9ii
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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