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In Senate of the United States. July 3, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tallmadge submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood, of the City and State of New York, claiming to have made new and important discoveries in magnetism ...

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (23 pages)
  • Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], 1838.

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Title from opening lines of text.
FDLP item number not assigned.
Subject: Compass.
Federal aid to research.
Geodesy.
Inventions.
Latitude.
Longitude.
Magnetism.
Aids to navigation.
Scientific apparatus and instruments.
Genre: Legislative materials.