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Addendum to M. Arsons Book on the Mariners Compass Compensation, 1871

Addendum to M. Arsons Book on the Mariners Compass Compensation, 1871, with translation and comments by Staff Commander Creak on the method of compensation

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ID:	ACO/4/20
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Admiralty Compass Observatory
Date made:	1871 - 1871; 1871
Credit:	© Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 folder
Parts:	Compass Department - N Series, 1870-1980 (Manuscript) Papers relating to Sir William Thomson's Compass, 1870-1890 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/1) Dygograms compiled by W. W. Rundell (former secretary, Liverpool Compass Committee), 1889 for HMS POLYPHEMUS, HMS CURLEW and HMS DREADNOUGHT (Manuscript) (ACO/4/2) Papers and Reports relating to Magnetic Observations on various voyages including by HMS CHALLENGER, HMS ALERT and HMS DISCOVERY, 1873-1881 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/3) Computations of the Values of "P" and "C" for various vessels, 1846-1885 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/4) Captain Creaks' Correspondence and Comments, 1884- 1893 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/5) Collected papers on the trials of the improved liquid compass, 1888-1890 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/6) Original Drafts of Minutes by the Hydrographers and Superintendent of Compasses, 1889- 1898 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/7) Various Papers including experiments with dynamos, methods of lighting compasses, trails with search lights and notes by the Hydrographer and Sperintendent of Compasses, 1888-1898 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/8) Details of various inventions and a Magnetic Survey carried out on HMS HAWKE, 1891-1902 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/9) Various Papers and Correspondence re the Piechl Corrector, 1877-1902 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/10) Compass Cards - A proposal to change to 0-360 degrees, 1900 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/11) Inclining Experiments for Heeling Error, conducted by Captain Creak on various ships, 1891-1905 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/12) New Boats Compasses, Competition results and trials, 1890-1891 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/13) Draft Papers to the RUSI, 1889-1899 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/14) Report of the Court Martial on the loss of HMS SERPENT, November 1890 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/15) Miscellaneous Prints and Drawings of Compasses on Compass Positions in HM Ships, 1889- 1906 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/16) A miscellaneous collection of important papers on various compass and magnetic subjects, 1906-1910 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/17) Various Compass Trials involving HMS LION and HMS PRINCESS ROYAL, 1912-1913 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/18) Miscellaneous items of correspondence concerning the deviations of the compass, 1865, 1869 and 1870 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/19) Addendum to M. Arsons Book on the Mariners Compass Compensation, 1871 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/20) Foreign Papers on Compass Correction, Compass Compensation ETC., 1884-1890 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/21) Various Articles, Reports and Correspondence relating to Gyro-Compasses, 1913-1949 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/22) Various Papers realtign to the `S.G. Brown Affaird', 193-1927 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/23) The "S. G. Brown Affair", Copies of the S. G. Brown "House" magazine, 1926-31, which refer to the firms patent case against Sperry, the Admiralty Enquiry under Admiral Philpott and the Royal Commission on awards to inventors. (Manuscript) (ACO/4/24) Trials of the Brown Gyro- Compass in HMS ADVENTURE and HMS ARLESFORD, 1931 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/25) Patents relating to Gyro-compasses, 1915-1937 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/26) Manuscript (ACO/4/27) Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/28) Manuscript (ACO/4/29) Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript) (ACO/4/30)

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