A figure of Mr. Bonds Inclinatory Needle mb-code 1619880 looking from the high table

looking from the high table

at which other figures also sit eating and drinking

The Duke of Edingurgh

bar and beer garden

'The Combat'

A figure of Mr. Bonds Inclinatory Needle mb-code 1619880 looking from the high tableHenry Bond's inclinatory needle, a form of compass. Frontispiece to The longitude found: or, a treatise shewing an easy and speedy way To find the longitude.., by Henry Bond (London, 1676). Henry Bond claimed his inclinatory needle provided a method of finding position at sea by observing the magnetic variation. His article on the subject was published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol 8. Original: engraving. 1676