Letter, 'Observations of the diurnal variation of the magnetic needle at Fort Marlborough, Sumatra' from John MacDonald to John Crisp
Reference number: L&P/10/146
Date: 1796
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Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations of the diurnal variation of the magnetic needle at Fort Marlborough, in the Island of Sumatra'
Read 21 April 1796
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- 1796
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- 13 pages
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John Macdonald, Letter, 'Observations of the diurnal variation of the magnetic needle at Fort Marlborough, Sumatra' from John MacDonald to John Crisp, 1796, L&P/10/146, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_146/letter-observations-of-the-diurnal-variation-of-the-magnetic-needle-at-fort-marlborough-sumatra-from-john-macdonald-to-john-crisp, accessed on 18 August 2026
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XIII. Observations of the diurnal variation of the magnetic needle at Fort Marlborough, in the Island of Sumatra External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1796
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1796.0015
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Decade 10 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1792-1796 Reference number: L&P/10
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