Paper, 'The dripping needle at Albany Fort, Hudsons Bay, September 1774' by Thomas Hutchins

Reference number: L&P/6/87

Date: 1775

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Subject: Meteorology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on the dipping needle, made by desire of the Royal Society, by Thomas Hutchins'

Read 16 February 1775

Reference number: L&P/6/87
Earliest possible date: 1775
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 10 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Paper, 'The dripping needle at Albany Fort, Hudsons Bay, September 1774' by Thomas Hutchins, 1775, L&P/6/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_87/paper-the-dripping-needle-at-albany-fort-hudsons-bay-september-1774-by-thomas-hutchins, accessed on 19 June 2025

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Experiments on the dipping needle, made by desire of the Royal Society, by Thomas Hutchins External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1775

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1775.0015

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 6 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1773-1777 Reference number: L&P/6

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