Item 226 - Letter from Peter Barlow

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Add. MS a/200/226

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Letter from Peter Barlow

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  • [1 Aug. 1836] (Creation)

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4 pp.

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PB explains his comments concerning the effect of iron on a ship's compass. His remark on page 79 was made on the ground of theory and not from actual experiment on ship board [Essay on Magnetic Attractions, 1820?]: 'you will have seen that the distanceread more

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