| Evidence: | Monday, 2 March 1829:
'Dined at the Royal Society Club and went to the Society in the evening. There was a paper read by Mr. Bauld engineer upon the Subject of the miner's compass and the variations to which it is subject from magnetic and electrical qualities in the box of the compass itself or in different substances which approach the needle [makes further observations].' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 2 Mar 1829 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Bauld |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Included Walter Scott and other members of Royal Society. |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Bauld |
| Title: | paper on mining-compass design |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Science, Technology |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 26852 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Walter Scott | |
| Editor: | W. E. K. Anderson | |
| Title: | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott | |
| Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
| Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 527 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 527, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26852, accessed: 03 December 2023 | |
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