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An account of experiments to determine the acceleration of the Pendulum in different Latitudes. Read March 8, 1821.
(London, W.Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1821). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1821 - Part I. Pp. 164-190 a. 5 folded tables.
First appearance of the paper in which Sabine relates his discoveries with the pendulum on his 2 voyages, the first on John Ross' expedition in 1818 - relating observations from Island of Brassa, Shetland, Hare Island, London - and from the second voyage with William Parry on the arctic expedition - relating observations from Melville Island. From these observations he estimated the figure of the earth.""An artillery officer, Sabine was a graduate of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. While retaining his commission - Sabine eventually reached the rank of general - the started scientific work at the close of the Napoleonic Wars. On the recommendation of the Royal Society, he accompanied John Ross on an expedition to seek the Northwest Passage in 1818 and was with William Edward Parry on his 1819-1820 Arctic expedition. From the latter voyage. he said, came the idea of a great ship-borne expedition of “physical discovery” to the southern hemisphere.""(DSB).
An Account of Experiments to determine the Figure of the Earth, by means of the Pendulum vibrating Seconds in differents Latitudes" as well as on other Subjects of philosophical Inquiry.
London, John Murray, 1825. 4to. Uncut and unopened in original blank brown boards. Gilt lettering (weak) to spine. Spineends a bit frayed. XV,(3),509,(2) pp., 1 folded maps, 1 folded chart. Clean and fine.
First edition. It also contains a brief account of captain Clavering's voyage to the Arctic Regions.""The Royal Society next sent Sabine on a pendulum expedition in 1821-1822 around the Atlantic to determine the true figure of the earth, a project that brought him the Copley Medal. A pattern was developing in his work, clearly of a Humboldtian nature - the gathering and analysis of geophysical data on a large, ever global, scale. While the range of Sabine’s interests was wide, terrestrial magnetism attracted most of his attention.""(DSB). - Sabin, 74699.
Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism.- No. VI.: Observations made on Board Her Majesty's Ships Erebus and Terror, from June 1841 to August 1842, in the Arctic Expedition under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross.
(London, Richard and John E. Taylor, 1844). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1843 - Part II. Pp. 87-224 and 5 engraved plates, including the 3 importent large folded maps of the South Seas. Some lvs. of text with a small worntract, 2 lvs. a bit soiled. Repairs to verso of one map with a tear.
A pioneer work in antarctic science.
On Irregularities observed in the direction of the Compass Needles of H.M.S. Isabella and Alexander, in their late Voyage of Discovery, and caused by the attraction of the Iron contained in the Ships. Read February 18, 1819.
(London, W. Bulmer and Co., 1819). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"" 1819 - Part I. Pp. 112-122 and 1 engraved plate.
First printing. The observations were performed on the Discovery-Expedition to the North-West Passage.
