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Paper, 'The dip of the magnetic needle' by Robert Waddington

Reference number: L&P/5/302

Date: 1772

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Subject: Physics

Read 21 May 1772

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L&P/5/302
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1772
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'The dip of the magnetic needle' by Robert Waddington, 1772, L&P/5/302, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_302/paper-the-dip-of-the-magnetic-needle-by-robert-waddington, accessed on 06 December 2024

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