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Variation
compass
ZBA0644
Variation
compass
NAV0481
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compass
box
ZBA0644.1
Compass
card
ACO1001
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'A Book of Drafts with Remarks, with Lattitude, Longitude of Places, of the
Variation
of the
Compass
1763
NVP/11
Inclining Experiments for Heeling Error, conducted by Captain Creak, HMS PENGUIN, observations for
variation
1905
ACO/4/12/3
Report on the amount of Westerly
Variation
off the Coast of Great Britain, by Staff Capt.
ACO/4/3/4
Admiralty
Compass
Observatory, 1842-1971 (Manuscript)
1893-04-01
ACO/S&T/20/14
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An essay on the
variation
of the
compass
...
Bain, William
1817
094:629.1.053.11
RARE-BOOK
2 copies available in Onsite storage – please ORDER to view.
A discourse of the
variation
of the
compass
or magnetical needle
Burrowes, W
1614
629.1.053.11
BOOK
1 copy available in Item unavailable to order - please contact staff.
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