Meteorological instruments
Date
1676
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Subject
Content object
Description
Four figures illustrating magnetic inclination, including (1) a dipping needle, used to measure the angle between the horizon and the Earth's magnetic field, and (2) an anemometer, used to measure wind direction and strength.
Illustrations to a book review from vol. 11, issue 130 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: ‘An account of Some books: I. Roberti Boyle, Nobiltssimi Angli & Socm Regia dignissimi socii, opera varia […] IV. Longitude found, by Henry Bond Senior. V. The Royal almanack, by N. Stevenson’.
Illustrations to a book review from vol. 11, issue 130 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: ‘An account of Some books: I. Roberti Boyle, Nobiltssimi Angli & Socm Regia dignissimi socii, opera varia […] IV. Longitude found, by Henry Bond Senior. V. The Royal almanack, by N. Stevenson’.
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