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This needle was 12 inches and one tenth long - provides the results for eight experiments carried out
Read to the Royal Society on 24 June 1725

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RBO/11/92
Earliest possible date
1725
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Observations of the Dipping made at London the beginning of the year 1723' by George Graham, 1725, RBO/11/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_92/observations-of-the-dipping-made-at-london-the-beginning-of-the-year-1723-by-george-graham, accessed on 20 April 2025

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