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Hurd, Thomas, ?1747 - 1823 (Captain, hydrographer)

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Edward Naylor on the variation of the compass, 1815 - 1828

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/42: 245-286
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Correspondence regarding the effects of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.

Dates: 1815 - 1828
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