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A68509 The newe attractiue Containyng a short discourse of the magnes or lodestone, and amongest other his vertues, of a newe discouered secret and subtill propertie, concerning the declinyng of the needle, touched therewith under the plaine of the horizon. Now first founde out by Robert Norman hydrographer. Heerevnto are annexed certaine necessarie rules for the art of nauigation by the same R.N. Norman, Robert, fl. 1590.; Borough, William, 1536-1599. 1581 (1581) STC 18647; ESTC S112416 31,726 60

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