TY - JOUR
AU - Maxwell, Alexander
AB - 1600 BOOK RE VIE WS the decline of the regional copper mining industry. Even so, Fox’s instruments remained central to Britain’s global networks of trade, commerce and data collection. Collaborating with Sabine, he co-ordinated a world-wide system for measuring several types of magnetic characteristics in a wide range of situations. This entailed years of thorough tests and modifications, paying close attention to every single aspect of an instrument’s construction and perform- ance. For example, a sensitive dipping needle developed to provide extremely accurate observations on land might be insufficiently robust for making reli- able measurements in the middle of an ocean; readings could also be affected by many other factors, such as temperature, so that experience was needed to detect and correct discrepancies. Over many years, Fox continually assessed and refined his compasses under different conditions, instigating an inten- sive programme to make sure that all the observers were thoroughly trained. Establishing centralised control over this global project involved standardising personnel as well as the equipment they were using. The detailed density of Gillin’s text testifies to his assiduous research skills in libraries and archives, but this lecturer in history possesses a more unusual expertise—he spent three months sailing 
TI - Towards Modern Nationhood: Wales and Slovenia in Comparison, c.1750–1918, by Robin Okey
JO - The English Historical Review
DO - 10.1093/ehr/ceae248
DA - 2024-11-19
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/towards-modern-nationhood-wales-and-slovenia-in-comparison-c-1750-1918-i8040sIg6Q
SP - 1600
EP - 1602
VL - 139
IS - 601
DP - DeepDyve
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