Captains' letters (F), 1812

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Item Adm 1/1809
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Includes: Letters from Flinders (London) to J.W. Croker: observations on the magnetism of ships; experiments on compass variations at Sheerness and Portsmouth. Also minutes by Capt. Hurd (Hydrographic Office) on the observations of Flinders.

Manuscript by Flinders, 4 July 1812, entitled 'An account of some experiments to ascertain the effects produced on the compass by the attractive power in ships, with the modes by which the error may be obviated' (45pp). Also a summary by Flinders, 'Magnetism of ships', 26 Aug. 1812 (3pp).

Draft circular to captains of the Royal Navy on Flinders' research, 29 Aug. 1812.

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