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Letter, 'Observations on board HMS Furnace, Churchill River, Hudson's Bay, and at Prince of Wales Fort, Churchill River, in 1741 and 1742' from Christopher Middleton to Hans Sloane

Reference number: L&P/1/121

Date: 1742

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Includes covering letter to President of the Royal Society

Subject: Navigation

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The effects of cold; together with observations of the longitude, latitude, and declination of the magnetic needle, at prince of wales’s fort, upon Churchill- River in Hudson’s bay, North America; by Capt. Christopher Middleton, F. R. S. Commander of his Majesty’s Ship Furnace, 1741-2'.

Read 28 October 1742.

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L&P/1/121
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1742
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Ink on paper
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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Christopher Middleton

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Christopher Middleton, Letter, 'Observations on board HMS Furnace, Churchill River, Hudson's Bay, and at Prince of Wales Fort, Churchill River, in 1741 and 1742' from Christopher Middleton to Hans Sloane, 1742, L&P/1/121, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_121/letter-observations-on-board-hms-furnace-churchill-river-hudsons-bay-and-at-prince-of-wales-fort-churchill-river-in-1741-and-1742-from-christopher-middleton-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 21 January 2025

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