Abstract
THE important subject of the magnetism of iron ships and the resulting deviations of their compasses, has, during the last fifty years, received marked attention in England from eminent men of science, attended with most valuable results for the safe navigation of our Royal and mercantile navies.
Der Kompass an Bord: Ein Handbuch für Führer von eisernen Schiffen.
Herausgegeben von der Direktion der Deutschen Seewarte. (Hamburg: L. Friederichsen and Co., 1889.)
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Der Kompass an Bord: Ein Handbuch für Führer von eisernen Schiffen. Nature 41, 412–413 (1890). https://doi.org/10.1038/041412a0
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