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THE deviations of the compass produced by the iron used in the construction of wooden ships was a source of considerable perplexity to the navigators of the last and early part of the present centuries; and no sooner were these difficulties fairly overcome than the building of ships entirely of iron commenced.
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On the Use of Models for Instruction in the Magnetism of Iron Ships . Nature 33, 587–589 (1886). https://doi.org/10.1038/033587a0
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