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iSeverall Ohfervations of the Relpe^ of the Needfe 
to a piece of Iron held Perpendicular ; made by 
a Majier of a Ship Crojfing the iEquinoftial 
Line, Anno 1684. ^^d communicated by 
Arthur Bayly. F. of the R. S- 
ALL the way from England to 10^. North Lati- 
tude^ the 'North point of the needle refpeded the 
upper end of the Iron, and the point the lower 
end very ftrongly. 
Latitude. 9^. 42' N**. and Meridian diftance from 
the Lizard 9^. 3 2' Weli. The point of the needle did 
ftrongly refped: the lower end of the Iron, but the 
N^. point did not fo ftrongly refped the upper end as 
before. 
LatA. 4^. N*'. and Meridian dift. f^. Wefl^ 
from the Lizard. In this Lat"^. the North point of the 
needle began to decline from the upper end of the 
Iron, and the point to incline more ftrongly to the 
lower end. 
LatJi. o\ 72'. S". and Meridian dift. 11^. f2 Wefi^ 
from the Lizard. Here the North point of the needle 
would not refped: the upper end of the Iron, nor the 
lower- end neither, but the South point did ftill incline 
to the lower end, though not fo ftrongly. 
hat^. j-^. 17' 2iXidL Meridian dift. ij^. 09'. Wefi 
from the Lizard. Here the South point of the needle 
would turn to the lower end of the Iron, about 2 
points, but remove the Iron any further, and it would 
fly away from it, and refped the Toles again ; but it 
would not refped the upper end at all ; neither would 
the North point refped eitheri but lay the Iron Hori^s^on- 
tall^ and let the ends of the Iron refped the Foks of the 
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