A figure of Mr. Bonds Inclinatory Needle mb-code 1619880 Interior view of the Thames

Interior view of the Thames Tunnel

looking from the high table

stage and film actress

'How Not To Do It'

carriages and carts in the street

A figure of Mr. Bonds Inclinatory Needle mb-code 1619880 Interior view of the ThamesHenry Bond's inclinatory needle, a form of compass. Frontispiece to The longitude found: or, a treatise shewing an easy and speedy way To find the longitude.., by Henry Bond (London, 1676). Henry Bond claimed his inclinatory needle provided a method of finding position at sea by observing the magnetic variation. His article on the subject was published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol 8. Original: engraving. 1676