Admiralty manual for the deviations of the compass / edited by F.J. Evans ... and Archibald Smith ... ; published by ord

The Smithsonian catalogs Admiralty manual for the deviations of the compass / edited by F.J. Evans ... and Archibald Smith ... ; published by ord as books in its Compass records.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

Spine title: Deviations of the compass.

SERENDIPITYA little unexpected

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A CLOSER LOOK

The Smithsonian lists the object under Compass and dates it 1869.

Spine title: Deviations of the compass.

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Smithsonian InstitutionAdmiralty manual for the deviations of the compass / edited by F.J. Evans ... and Archibald Smith ... ; published by ord

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