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This copy of Magnetic Observations has an important provenance as Nordenskjölds was on the Swedish Scientific expedition to the Antarctic, 1901-1903 and would have had a particular interest in the results of the Discovery expedition.
This copy of Magnetic Observations has an important provenance as Nordenskjölds was on the Swedish Scientific expedition to the Antarctic, 1901-1903 and would have had a particular interest in the results of the Discovery expedition.
This copy of Magnetic Observations has an important provenance as Nordenskjölds was on the Swedish Scientific expedition to the Antarctic, 1901-1903 and would have had a particular interest in the results of the Discovery expedition.
This copy of Magnetic Observations has an important provenance as Nordenskjölds was on the Swedish Scientific expedition to the Antarctic, 1901-1903 and would have had a particular interest in the results of the Discovery expedition.

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[THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITION].

Magnetic Observations Prepared under the Superintendence of the Royal Society.

London, Royal Society, 1909.

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From the library of Professor Otto Nordenskjöld (1869-1928), the distinguished Swedish Antarctic explorer and scientist. Nordenskjöld was on the Swedish scientific expedition to the Antarctic (1901-1903) and would have had a particular interest in the results of the Discovery expedition. The volume includes an appendix comparing magnetic observations in the Antarctic and the Arctic.

First edition; 4to; 43 plates, original red buckram-backed boards, spine fade, small stamps to foot of title, a very good copy; vii, 274 pp.

Rosove 288-11.A1; Spence 841; Taurus 48.

Stock code 115667

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This copy of Magnetic Observations has an important provenance as Nordenskjölds was on the Swedish Scientific expedition to the Antarctic, 1901-1903 and would have had a particular interest in the results of the Discovery expedition.

Magnetic Observations

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