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Miscellaneous extracts from the journal PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS concerning the work of C. Hutton, G. Shaw and R. Pearson, 1724- 34, 1776- 1780 (Manuscript)
1724 - 1780
MAA/68
Miscellaneous Xerox copies, re: pamphlet extracts, Navigation, the compass and North- West passage (Manuscript)
MAA/66
Pamphlet, Florentia Gyro- Compass, handbook, no date (Manuscript)
MAA/44
Manual of the Brown Type 'A' Gyro Compass equipment, no date (Manuscript)
MAA/42
Pamphlet, The Brown Gyro Compass, type II, Handbook, no date (Manuscript)
MAA/40
Pamphlet, The Brown Steering Gyro Compass, no date (Manuscript)
MAA/37
Miscellaneous collection of drawings, mainly compass cards, no dates (Manuscript)
MAA/12/1
Index to Compass Makers and companies, no date (Manuscript)
MAA/9
A list of Historical Nautical Publishers (chronological) and a List of the Gabb Collection, some correspondence, 1958, plus additional miscellaneous material (Manuscript)
1958 - ?
MAA/10
Chronological list of Patents concerning compasses, Book 1, 1731- 1915, compiled by May (Manuscript)
1731 - 1915
MAA/7
Notes on the books in the library of the Admiralty Compass Observatory at Slough, compiled by May (Manuscript)
MAA/6
Essay, The Compass Doctor: Gowin Knight and the Mariner's compass, W E May, R N (with three photographs of compasses) (Manuscript)
MAA/5/1
Essays on the Magnetic Compass, 211-277, including an index to Individual essays (Manuscript)
MAA/51
Essays on the Magnetic Compass, 101-210, (D.475.C), including an index to individual essays (Manuscript)
MAA/50/3
Essays on the Magnetic Compass, 1-36, D.475.C, including an index to individual essays (Manuscript)
MAA/50/1
An article from the Surveyor concerning Flinders written by May, unpublished, 1952, transcripts of correspondence, Matthew Flinders to Peter Barlow, 1822-5, Digest of Navy Board Correspondence concerning the compass, 1822-32 (Manuscript)
1822 - 1952
MAA/20
Steering- Compass and Operation and Maintenance, Anshutz- Junior, Type 1 K 9051 and Type II K 9052, Manual, no date (Manuscript)
MAA/49
Transcripts from Navy Board Papers concerning the compass, 17th to 19th Century, includes an A-Z index to reference copies of the ADM manuscripts at the National Archives (Manuscript)
1600 - 1800
MAA/17
Typescript transcripts, Portsmouth Officers Reports, 1700-, NMM POR/D, Extracts Concerning Compasses and other Navigational Stores (Manuscript)
1700 - ?
MAA/14
Typescript transcript papers, Digest of Admiralty Correspondence Concerning the Compass from 1765 to 1917 (Manuscript)
1765 - 1917
MAA/15
Miscellaneous photographs, binnacles, compass cards and ships, no date, photographs of Cook's compass. (Manuscript)
MAA/12/2
Typescript transcripts of Navy Board Warrants to Portsmouth, 1695-, NMM, POR/A, extracts concerning compasses and other navigational stores (Manuscript)
1695 - ?
MAA/13
Elementary Manual for the Deviations of the Compass in Iron Ships by E. W. Creak, 1895 (Manuscript)
1895 - 1895
MAA/35/5
Elementary Manual for the Deviations of the Compass in Iron Ships by E. W. Creak, 1912 (Manuscript)
1912 - 1912
MAA/35/6
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