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'Direction for Sea-men bound for farre voyages' by Mr Rooke

Reference number: RBO/1/33

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A 'to do' list - eg to observe the declination of the compass, observe the tides, observe any unusual 'meteors', to keep a diary of events
Details about how to sound the depth of the sea without a line (figure of instrument on p 152) and to take up water near the bottom of the sea

Image: page 152, ink, size height 20 cm x width17 cm By Mr Rooke. Drawing of instrument ' to take up water neere the bottome of the sea'
See RBO/1/34 for experiment to sound the depth of the sea without a line

Reference number
RBO/1/33
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Lawrence Rooke

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Lawrence Rooke, 'Direction for Sea-men bound for farre voyages' by Mr Rooke, RBO/1/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_1_33/direction-for-sea-men-bound-for-farre-voyages-by-mr-rooke, accessed on 20 April 2025

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