A figure of Mr. Bonds Inclinatory Needle mb-code 1619880 'The Combat'

'The Combat'

at which other figures also sit eating and drinking

'How Not To Do It'

carriages and carts in the street

A figure of Mr. Bonds Inclinatory Needle mb-code 1619880 'The Combat'Henry 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