Dip circle
Date
1871
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 70mm
width (drawing): 100mm
width (drawing): 100mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of a standard dip circle, an instrument used to measure the Earth’s magnetic field by the angle of deflection from the horizon.
Illustration for the book Outlines of magnetism and electricity, for public schools and science and art examinations; being notes of a course of lectures delivered at the Royal School of Naval Architecture, with an introduction on the first principles of physics, by William Fletcher Barrett (London, Bell & Daldy, 1871).
Sir William Fletcher Barrett (1844-1925) physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1899.
Illustration for the book Outlines of magnetism and electricity, for public schools and science and art examinations; being notes of a course of lectures delivered at the Royal School of Naval Architecture, with an introduction on the first principles of physics, by William Fletcher Barrett (London, Bell & Daldy, 1871).
Sir William Fletcher Barrett (1844-1925) physicist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1899.
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