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Paper, 'Observations on the horizontal variations and on the dip of the magnetic needle 1786-1805' by George Gilpin

Reference number: L&P/12/140

Date: 1806

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the variation, and on the dip of the magnetic needle, made at the apartments of the Royal Society, between the years 1786 and 1805 inclusive'

Read 29 June 1806

Reference number
L&P/12/140
Earliest possible date
1806
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
41 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations on the horizontal variations and on the dip of the magnetic needle 1786-1805' by George Gilpin, 1806, L&P/12/140, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_140/paper-observations-on-the-horizontal-variations-and-on-the-dip-of-the-magnetic-needle-1786-1805-by-george-gilpin, accessed on 24 May 2025

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