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The Deviation of the Compass in Iron Ships considered practically for Sea Use, and for the Board of Trade Examinations

IN this small treatise the Deviation of the Compass in iron ships is professedly dealt with as a matter of observation, and distinct generally from magnetic science and the mathematical investigations ...
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The Deviation of the Compass in Iron Ships considered Practically

REMEMBERING the number of books already published treating in a practical form of compasses, their deviations on board iron ships, and the consequent adjustments, some persons may be disposed to ask, ...
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The magnetism of ships and the deviations of the compass, comprising the three reports of the Liverpool Compass Commission, with additional papers by Archibald Smith and F.J ...

First volume [i.e. edition?] published 1867. siris_sil_40070 ...
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Account of experiments on iron-built ships : instituted for the purpose of discovering a correction for the deviation of the compass produced by the iron of the ships / by ...

"From the Philosophical transactions.--Part I. for 1839." Includes various tables. Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor); Alnwick Scientific & Mechanical Institution (stamp and author's signed presentation ...
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Deviation of the Compass in Iron Ships

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