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An essay on the variation of the compass : shewing how far it is influenced by a change in the direction of the ship's head with an exposition of the dangers arising to navigators from not allowing for this change of variation interspersed with practical observations and remarks / by William Bain.

Full title: An essay on the variation of the compass : shewing how far it is influenced by a change in the direction of the ship's head with an exposition of the dangers arising to navigators from not allowing for this change of variation interspersed with practical observations and remarks / by William Bain.

Author/creator: Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814, Bain, William.

Date: 1817..

Call Numbers: 522.76/B

Record Identifier: 74VvAJJWE8Jy

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 140 p. : 1 chart ; 23 cm., Partial contents: Captain Flinder's rule for ascertaining the amount of changes in the variation.

Publishers: Edinburgh : William Blackwood, 1817.

Citation / references note: Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 668a.

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MMS ID: 991013514099702626

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    An essay on the variation of the compass : shewing how far it is influenced by a change in the direction of the ship's head with an exposition of the dangers arising to navigators from not allowing for this change of variation interspersed with practical observations and remarks / by William Bain.

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    An essay on the variation of the compass : shewing how far it is influenced by a change in the direction of the ship's head with an exposition of the dangers arising to navigators from not allowing for this change of variation interspersed with practical observations and remarks / by William Bain.

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    An essay on the variation of the compass : shewing how far it is influenced by a change in the direction of the ship's head with an exposition of the dangers arising to navigators from not allowing for this change of variation interspersed with practical observations and remarks / by William Bain.

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    Bain, William.

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    Edinburgh : William Blackwood, 1817.

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    1817.

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    522.76/B

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    74VvAJJWE8Jy

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    English

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