'Observations of the Variation of the compass in the Western and Atlantick Ocean made in the Year 1706 on board the Dartmouth Man of War By Mr John Maxwell'
Reference number: RBO/11/38
Date: 1721

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Read to the Royal Society on 16 November 1721
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- RBO/11/38
- Earliest possible date
- 1721
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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'Observations of the Variation of the compass in the Western and Atlantick Ocean made in the Year 1706 on board the Dartmouth Man of War By Mr John Maxwell', 1721, RBO/11/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_38/observations-of-the-variation-of-the-compass-in-the-western-and-atlantick-ocean-made-in-the-year-1706-on-board-the-dartmouth-man-of-war-by-mr-john-maxwell, accessed on 21 March 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 11, copies of papers communicated 1720-1724
1720-1724 Reference number: RBO/11
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Dates: 1661 - 1739
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