XIX. Discussion of the magnetical observations made by captain Back, R. N. during his late arctic expedition

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1836
• Subjects: Arctic; The Needle
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1836.0021; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1836.0021

Previous to Captain Back’s departure in 1833 with the expedition for the relief of Captain Ross, he consulted me respecting the nature of the magnetical observations which I considered it desirable should be made in the regions he was likely to visit. I was fully sensible that, however available the...