Variation compass used by Henry Cavendish

Variation compass used by Henry Cavendish with two other parts.

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Category:: Terrestrial Magnetism

Object Number:: 1930-902

type:: compasses (direction indicators)

credit:: Cavendish, Victor Christian William, ninth duke of Devonshire

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Variation compass used by Henry Cavendish

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