Lake, Willoughby Thomas, Sir, 1773 - 1847 (knight, naval officer)
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Captain Houston Stewart's report on Captain Graydon's celestial compass, 1826
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 520-523
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.
Dates:
1826
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