Paper, ['Concerning the differences in the magnetic needle, on board the Investigator, arising from an alternation in the direction of the ship's head'] by Matthew Flinders in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks
Reference number: PT/1/1
Date: 30 June 1805

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Subject: Magnetism
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Concerning the differences in the magnetic needle, on board the Investigator, arising from an alteration in the direction of the ship’s head'.
Written as a letter from Matthew Flinders at Isle of France to Royal Society president Sir Joseph Banks. Read 28 March 1805.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832.
- Reference number
- PT/1/1
- Earliest possible date
- 30 June 1805
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 20 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Matthew Flinders
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Matthew Flinders, Paper, ['Concerning the differences in the magnetic needle, on board the Investigator, arising from an alternation in the direction of the ship's head'] by Matthew Flinders in a letter to the Right Hon Sir Joseph Banks, 30 June 1805, PT/1/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_1_1/paper-concerning-the-differences-in-the-magnetic-needle-on-board-the-investigator-arising-from-an-alternation-in-the-direction-of-the-ships-head-by-matthew-flinders-in-a-letter-to-the-right-hon-sir-joseph-banks, accessed on 13 May 2025
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X. Concering the differences in magnetic needle, on board the investingator, arising from an alternation in the direction of the ship's head. By Matthew Flinders, Esq. Commander of His Majesty's ship investigator. In a Letter to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1805
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1805.0012
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Concerning the differences in the magnetic needle, on board the investigator, arising from an alteration in the direction of the ship’s head. By Matthew Flinders, Esq. Commander of His Majesty’s Ship Investigator. In a letter to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1832
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0102
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1807
1802-1810 Reference number: PT/1
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Joseph Banks
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