Unifilar variation compass and magnetometer

Made:: 1801-1900

Unifilar variation compass and magnetometer, 19th century

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Category:: Terrestrial Magnetism

Object Number:: 1876-807

type:: compasses (direction indicators)

credit:: Admiralty Hydrographic Department

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Unifilar variation compass and magnetometer

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