A practical manual of the compass : a short treatise on the errors of the magnetic compass and the methods employed in t

The Smithsonian catalogs A practical manual of the compass : a short treatise on the errors of the magnetic compass and the methods employed in t as books in its Compass records.

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

Associated with Laning, Harris 1873-1941. Dated 1913. Explore the object and its collection context.

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Compass and dates it 1913.

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Smithsonian InstitutionA practical manual of the compass : a short treatise on the errors of the magnetic compass and the methods employed in t

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