STAFF COMMANDER EVANS AND MR. A. SMITH ON THE MAGNETIC 
322 
Ship. 
Compass. 
Place. 
Date. 
Approximate coefficients. 
Exact coefficients. 
A 
B 
c 
D 
E 
1 
e ; 
Minotaur. 
(6621 tons), 
1350 horse-power, 
26 guns, 
Iron-cased, 
iron hull. 
Built on same slip 
as Warrior ; head 
N. 3° E. magnetic. 
Launched 
Dec. 12, 1863. 
Plated head 
N. 22° E. in 
Victoria Docks. 
Scorpion. 
(1857 tons), 
350 horse-power, 
4 guns, 
Iron-cased turret 
ship, iron hull. 
Built at 
Birkenhead ; head 
N. 76° W. 
Standard. 
Victoria Docks, March 28, 1865 | 
EiverThames, March 30, 1865 ... 
Sheerness April 10, 1865 .. j 
0 1 
By denial 
D of k 
-0 47 
-0 5 
5 
%on and h 
larch 30 a 
-23 26 
-20 30 
+ 0 44 
° \ 
orizontal . 
dopted .... 
+ 64 
+ 4 25 
— 0 16 
0 1 
force on o\ 
+ 5 41 
+ 5 43 
+ 5 43 
0 1 
ne point : , 
-0 54 
-0 26 
—0 26 1 
\ andj 
II — -014 
I --001 
after coi 
-•487 
-•420 
-•379 
” reetion 
+ •174 
+•099 
+ •069 
by mag 
+•100 
+•100 
nets. 
-° 
— 0 (| 
Starboard 
steering. 
Sheerness April 10, 1865 .. | 
+0 32 
-61 0 
— 0 28 
+ 0 45 
+ 2 8 
+ 5 56 
-0 7 ( 
[+•009 | — *965 
after correction 
I+-015 | + -103 
by magnets. 
-■Olj 
Poop (on fore 
part), 
Sheerness April 10, 1865 .. j 
+1 16 
-60 0 
- 1 55 
+ 20 
+ 5.8 
+ 4 55 
-0 5 < 
I +-022 
after co7 
( — ■948 
•reetion 
( + •038 
by mag 
I+-086 
nets. 
-•01 I 
Standard. 
Birkenhead . . . October 31, 1864 
1 March 14, 1865 { 
Birkenhead •! 
[ March 15, 1865 j 
By deviat 
D of M 
lapse of 
From obse 
been lyi 
53 1 
after com 
ion and he 
arch 1865 
' time 
nations n 
ng four m 
+ 0 32 | 
’.ction by 7 , 
rrizontal J 
adopted , 
lade in on 
onths 8. 4 
+ 1 43 
rngnets. 
r orce on 07 , 
with smal 
e quadran 
7° W. 
+ 10 47 
te point: ) 
'l allowanc 
t after shq 
-0 52 
t and 1 
•e for L 
0 had~\^ 
-•015 
-•246 
+ •225 
+ •009 
-•355 
-•341 
+ •030 
+-i 9 ° ( 
+•180 
+■187 
mum 
-•O' 
Achilles 
(continued). 
Standard. 
Portland April 1865 
Lisbon May 4 , 1865 
+ 16 50 
+ 12 30 
+ 6 40 
+•322 
+•274 
+•191 
+ • 132 , 
+•115 
■■ 
.. 
I* 
Defence 
(continued). 
Standard. 
Portland April 3, 1865 
Lisbon May 1, 1865 
+0 13 
+0 23 
+ 20 19 
+ 16 51 
- 0 14 
- 1 is 
+ 6 09 
+ 6 16 
-0 36 
+0 04 
+ •004 
+-o°7 
+•367 
+•307 
-•004 
— •021 
+•107 
+•109 
-f Hi 
+ ’ 1 
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