Philosophical transactions, Vol. L. Part I. For the year 1757. Giving some account of the present undertakings, studies, and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world.

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VARIATION _of the_ Magnetic-Needle, _from the Islands of_ Orkney _to_ Hudson’s Straits, _for the Year 1757_.