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An illustration of Scoresby's Improved Magnetic Needle for use with a compass

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An illustration of Scoresby's Improved Magnetic Needle for use with a compass.In Scoresby's An Account of the Arctic Regions,Vol. II, 1820. Library Call No. G 742 . S42 1820.

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NOAA Central Library Historical Collections

Display Date

1820

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Historic Exploration