Robert Were Fox the Younger
British businessman and scientist (1789–1877) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Were Fox FRS (26 April 1789 – 25 July 1877) was a British geologist, natural philosopher and inventor. He is known mainly for his work on the temperature of the Earth and his construction of a compass to measure magnetic dip at sea.[1]
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Robert Were Fox the Younger | |
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Born | 26 April 1789 (1789-04-26) Falmouth, Cornwall, England |
Died | 25 July 1877 (1877-07-26) (aged 88) |
Known for | Geophysical measurements Magnetic dip compass |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mining, geology, geophysics |
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