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Roberts, James Wolfe, fl1772 - 1806 (naval officer)

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Lieutenant James Wolfe Roberts on a magnetic instrument for showing latitude and longitude, 1800 - 1801

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/42: 175-182
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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: 1800 - 1801
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