Full title: A treatise on magnetism : with a description and explanation of a meridional and azimuth compass, for ascertaining the quantity of variation, without any calculation whatever, at any time of the day. Also improvements upon compasses in general. With tables of variation, for all latitudes and longitudes / by Ralph Walker.

Author/creator: Walker, Ralph.

Date: 1794..

Call Numbers: 538.7/2

Record Identifier: 74VM8ApmmA8Z

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 226, [2] p., 7 folding leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Publishers: London : Printed by R. Hindmarsh, sold by G. Adams [etc.], 1794.

Access: Mitchell Library copy : Issued in Special Collections.

Notes: Directions to the binder on second last page. Final page blank. "First edition of this treatise, especially interesting for its comparison of the works of the great British and French voyagers of the day. The depth of Walker's scrupulous and influential research is made explicit in the many pages of tables in the work, which list recorded variations in the works of Cook, Bougainville, Furneaux and Wallis, to name just a few. The majority of the observations are from the Cook voyages, chiefly credited to observations by Cook himself as well as by the astronomer Bayly ..." -- Bookseller's catalogue. Acquired from the Hordern House sale of the Robert and Mary Anne Parks collection, May 2008. This copy in original blue paper boards with white paper spine. Pages are untrimmed.

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DDC: 538.7

MMS ID: 991000226239702626