The magnetism of ships and the deviations of the compass, comprising the three reports of the Liverpool Compass Commissi

The Smithsonian catalogs The magnetism of ships and the deviations of the compass, comprising the three reports of the Liverpool Compass Commissi as books in its Compass records.

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First volume [i.e. edition?] published 1867.

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Compass and dates it 1869.

First volume [i.e. edition?] published 1867.

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Smithsonian InstitutionThe magnetism of ships and the deviations of the compass, comprising the three reports of the Liverpool Compass Commissi

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