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Paper, 'On magnetic declination' by Pierre Petit

Reference number: EL/P1/6

Date: 1667

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Sent with EL/P1/5
Read to the Royal Society on 30 May 1667

Reference number
EL/P1/6
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1667
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Pierre Petit

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Pierre Petit, Paper, 'On magnetic declination' by Pierre Petit, 1667, EL/P1/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_6/paper-on-magnetic-declination-by-pierre-petit, accessed on 20 January 2025

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