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'A Discourse of the Variation of the Compasse' by Mr Perkins

Reference number: RBO/5/18

Date: 1680

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Read to the Royal Society on 4 March 1680

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RBO/5/18
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1680
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1 page
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Manuscript

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'A Discourse of the Variation of the Compasse' by Mr Perkins, 1680, RBO/5/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_5_18/a-discourse-of-the-variation-of-the-compasse-by-mr-perkins, accessed on 10 September 2026

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