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Details of a magnetical experiment by Thomas Henshaw

Reference number: RBO/6/4

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Details of experiment with a foot-long iron bar to show that the bar has a different direction or polarity as at either end as it is turned to and from the Earth which corroborates findings by Edmund Halley

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RBO/6/4
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Details of a magnetical experiment by Thomas Henshaw, RBO/6/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_4/details-of-a-magnetical-experiment-by-thomas-henshaw, accessed on 21 May 2025

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