Admiralty Compass Observatory, 1842-1971

Correspondence, notes and advertising circular from Mr Thompson, Australia, concerning the invention of the Malbon compass, 1894. Also includes a copy of New South Wales, Australia, letters patent number 2290 granted to Robert Stanton Dixon for an invention to protect compasses from the influences of local magnetism, 26 June 1890.

Record Details

Item reference: ACO/S&T/20/11
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1890-1894; 1894-1890 1894-07-23 - 1894-07-23 1894-07-23
Creator: Admiralty Compass Observatory
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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