The Undertakings of Mr. Henry Bond Senior, a Famous Teacher of the Art of Navigation inLondon, Concerning the Variation of the Variation of the Magnetical Compass and theInclination of the Inclinatory Needle; as the Result and Conclusion of 38. Years MagneticalStudyAuthor(s): Henry BondSource: Philosophical Transactions (1665-1678), Vol. 8 (1673), pp. 6065-6066Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/101358 .

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( Eo4g ) ;nitn whi'chl he Caid, they crawled dlowm .4s worms rio nttto t'he ground. The (aine ptuppy was again appiyed, and it wa h- (ac the Fecondt iking off of the puppy) that I made 'the vi- fit, and faw only one worm got out into th'e pujppy ,but a- ve. rvi live and ftirring one. Many wer.e afterwards kill'd by in. je2ior s The:fe worms ;i ffirm~accordinog to my beafKnowledg, (and I had the opportun-ity (of Comlparing 'them) were of the very Speci'es of th't Luinzbrici teretef,which Ch Idren familiar- ly voild from the Guts. They were betwixt three and four inches long ; all, about the matter, of ani equjal bignefs, as of onie brocd i fomething thicker than a Ducks quill; ~ ery (hr at both enids ; fi Wf and exaCtly round;j without incifures, vi- fi'ile at leaft, and yet could move and twift themfelves readi- ly enough. All the difference was-in the colour, thefe being much whiter than any I have feen from the Gu-ts. Vid. Bar/hol. i n Hift. 6co Cent.5. where neer twenty worm3, as long as my finger , were fouind in a Lady's arm, probab!y of this species t oo.

I beg your p3rd on for my, &c.

The Vndertakings of Mr. Henry Bond senior, a famous Tea- cher of the art of Navigation in Lo'ndon, concerning the Va.. riation of the Varia*tion of tle UafgneticaICOMPafif and the fur. clixation of the Iurc1iniatory Needle ; as the ReJ Idt and con- clu,fton Of 38. jears Maguzetical stucdy.

THE faid Mr. Bond can fhew the Caufe of the Variation of the Variation of the M ignetical N%-cedle or Coin.

pafs by the M ;tion of two Mlagnetical Poles 5 how thefe Poles are fou- A; and what their Diflance is fro'm the Poles of the EXarth what thcir Auumal Moation is, and from whence it proceeds.

By Calcu&ation he finds all the Varl"iatOn that hsave been ob- ferved at or near Londo* for above ,o years 'aft ,and fo by conFA-quence it ut-y be found at Lundon to the cnd of the W.il- d.

Hrt hi4th ca'cula ted a iabIk #tN evr'-ry Eve minutes of the I-ra drtnasf on tI tt.,t Ilaclnatory Ncicdlc - io t-hat by the Needles

( Eo4g ) ;nitn whi'chl he Caid, they crawled dlowm .4s worms rio nttto t'he ground. The (aine ptuppy was again appiyed, and it wa h- (ac the Fecondt iking off of the puppy) that I made 'the vi- fit, and faw only one worm got out into th'e pujppy ,but a- ve. rvi live and ftirring one. Many wer.e afterwards kill'd by in. je2ior s The:fe worms ;i ffirm~accordinog to my beafKnowledg, (and I had the opportun-ity (of Comlparing 'them) were of the very Speci'es of th't Luinzbrici teretef,which Ch Idren familiar- ly voild from the Guts. They were betwixt three and four inches long ; all, about the matter, of ani equjal bignefs, as of onie brocd i fomething thicker than a Ducks quill; ~ ery (hr at both enids ; fi Wf and exaCtly round;j without incifures, vi- fi'ile at leaft, and yet could move and twift themfelves readi- ly enough. All the difference was-in the colour, thefe being much whiter than any I have feen from the Gu-ts. Vid. Bar/hol. i n Hift. 6co Cent.5. where neer twenty worm3, as long as my finger , were fouind in a Lady's arm, probab!y of this species t oo.

I beg your p3rd on for my, &c.

The Vndertakings of Mr. Henry Bond senior, a famous Tea- cher of the art of Navigation in Lo'ndon, concerning the Va.. riation of the Varia*tion of tle UafgneticaICOMPafif and the fur. clixation of the Iurc1iniatory Needle ; as the ReJ Idt and con- clu,fton Of 38. jears Maguzetical stucdy.

THE faid Mr. Bond can fhew the Caufe of the Variation of the Variation of the M ignetical N%-cedle or Coin.

pafs by the M ;tion of two Mlagnetical Poles 5 how thefe Poles are fou- A; and what their Diflance is fro'm the Poles of the EXarth what thcir Auumal Moation is, and from whence it proceeds.

By Calcu&ation he finds all the Varl"iatOn that hsave been ob- ferved at or near Londo* for above ,o years 'aft ,and fo by conFA-quence it ut-y be found at Lundon to the cnd of the W.il- d.

Hrt hi4th ca'cula ted a iabIk #tN evr'-ry Eve minutes of the I-ra drtnasf on tI tt.,t Ilaclnatory Ncicdlc - io t-hat by the Needles

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( 6o6A ) zgeclivationr, iand that rTable , and the L4atsitde of the place, he can find tht-. Longitnde of aniy place in world.

By that Table alti) he finds Mr. Rob. Normax: Inclination, which he found A. 1 5 76 Sand can fl4-.wv,what will be the grea* teft and leafi Inclination of the laclinatory Needle in any La. t:t;ide in the world,

He hath four Examples offinding the Longitude by the help of the Jinclinatorv Needle ; one at Balfora in EafttIndia 'in the year 16f7. Another at Cape chairlet, onl the coafi of Virginia before that time. The third, at the Cape of Good Hope. Thesk fourth , at the straights of' A/kagellan.

So for He:I. who, 'uis hoped, will fh.)rtly by the genero- fity of fome Noble Virtuofo or other, recompenf-ing his flu- dies and pains, be induced to difcover to othiers this his kniow lcdg.

A4n Extrall of a Letter writ'ten byA.JhnT per7e i6. 1 67 3. containing fome Ob/ervation: uipon a plea/twa

of catching Carpr. f a

ONThurfday laff, Sir 5'uflif'ian 4Oam invited me to walk with him to his Fifh,ponds, and to

fece a boy throw out Carps with his hands at any timne in the heat ofthe day. I faw four very large ones., that the boy took. His way w3s this: He waded into the Pond., and then returnin)g to the (ides, he would grope them out in the Sedg or weeds, and, tickling them with his finigers under the bel- ly , quickly remove his fi-igers to their gills , and throw them out upoin the land. And this he did not in a nar. row but large'pond, of half an Acre of ground , or rather an Acre.Ina which praLkife I muffinote two or three things,that fe, in obfervable to me 5

i. Carps (anid I fuppofe all oth,.r fifb that keep near the bottomn) keep alwayes in a flioal, although happily there may be more than one company, anfwerable to the differcnce of their Sexes i as in Deer at fomne feafuns.

2. When they move from one place to ano ther,. they raife the mud in the heat of the day ; and you may cafily obferve,

what

( 6o6A ) zgeclivationr, iand that rTable , and the L4atsitde of the place, he can find tht-. Longitnde of aniy place in world.

By that Table alti) he finds Mr. Rob. Normax: Inclination, which he found A. 1 5 76 Sand can fl4-.wv,what will be the grea* teft and leafi Inclination of the laclinatory Needle in any La. t:t;ide in the world,

He hath four Examples offinding the Longitude by the help of the Jinclinatorv Needle ; one at Balfora in EafttIndia 'in the year 16f7. Another at Cape chairlet, onl the coafi of Virginia before that time. The third, at the Cape of Good Hope. Thesk fourth , at the straights of' A/kagellan.

So for He:I. who, 'uis hoped, will fh.)rtly by the genero- fity of fome Noble Virtuofo or other, recompenf-ing his flu- dies and pains, be induced to difcover to othiers this his kniow lcdg.

A4n Extrall of a Letter writ'ten byA.JhnT per7e i6. 1 67 3. containing fome Ob/ervation: uipon a plea/twa

of catching Carpr. f a

ONThurfday laff, Sir 5'uflif'ian 4Oam invited me to walk with him to his Fifh,ponds, and to

fece a boy throw out Carps with his hands at any timne in the heat ofthe day. I faw four very large ones., that the boy took. His way w3s this: He waded into the Pond., and then returnin)g to the (ides, he would grope them out in the Sedg or weeds, and, tickling them with his finigers under the bel- ly , quickly remove his fi-igers to their gills , and throw them out upoin the land. And this he did not in a nar. row but large'pond, of half an Acre of ground , or rather an Acre.Ina which praLkife I muffinote two or three things,that fe, in obfervable to me 5

i. Carps (anid I fuppofe all oth,.r fifb that keep near the bottomn) keep alwayes in a flioal, although happily there may be more than one company, anfwerable to the differcnce of their Sexes i as in Deer at fomne feafuns.

2. When they move from one place to ano ther,. they raife the mud in the heat of the day ; and you may cafily obferve,

what

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