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I BEG herewith to enclose what I trust will prove o*o for the scientific world in general an important preliminary report by Mr. E. N. Webb, magnetician to Dr. Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, on the magnetic work, and particularly the absolute readings taken by Mr. Webb himself on a very fine journey made by him and Mr. J. F. Hurley, under the leadership of Lieut. Bage, in (he direction of the south magnetic pole for the distance of 300 miles to the south-east of Dr. Mawson's base at Commonwealth Bay in Adelie Land.
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DAVID, T. Observations in the South Magnetic Pole Area . Nature 91, 648–651 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091648a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/091648a0