'The Use of a new Azimuth Compass for finding the Variation of the Compass or Magnetic Needle at Sea ...' by Captain Christopher Middleton

Reference number: RBO/21/61

Date: 1739

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'...with greater Ease and Exactness than by any ever yet contrived for that purpose'

Reference number: RBO/21/61
Earliest possible date: 1739
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript

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'The Use of a new Azimuth Compass for finding the Variation of the Compass or Magnetic Needle at Sea ...' by Captain Christopher Middleton, 1739, RBO/21/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_21_61/the-use-of-a-new-azimuth-compass-for-finding-the-variation-of-the-compass-or-magnetic-needle-at-sea-by-captain-christopher-middleton, accessed on 18 April 2026

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Paper, 'The use of a new azimuth compass for finding the variation of the compass or magnetic needle at sea, with greater ease and exactness, than by any ever yet contrived for that purpose' by Captain Christopher Middleton
Creator: Christopher Middleton Reference number: CLP/9ii/31

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Dates: 1661 - 1739

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