Abstract
The period comprised between the years 1855-68 was one of active research into the magnetic character of the armonr-plated and other ships of the Royal Navy, and iron ships of the Mercantile Navy. Among other contributions to this subject, a paper by F. J. O. Evans, Esq., Staff Commander R.N ., F. R. S., and Archibald Smith, Esq., P.R.S., was read before the Royal Society in March, 1865, relating to the armour-plated ships of the Royal Navy, and containing the first published results of the system of observation and analysis of the deviations of the compass established four years previously.
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