A figure of Mr. Bonds Inclinatory Needle mb-code 1619880 at which other figures also

at which other figures also sit eating and drinking

looking from the high table

The Duke of Edingurgh

'The Combat'

The former is saying To Greenwich Ho a

A figure of Mr. Bonds Inclinatory Needle mb-code 1619880 at which other figures alsoHenry 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