Robert Were Fox the Younger

Robert Were Fox the Younger
Born26 April 1789 (1789-04-26)
Falmouth, Cornwall, England
Died25 July 1877 (1877-07-26) (aged 88)
Known forGeophysical measurements
Magnetic dip compass
Scientific career
FieldsMining, geology, geophysics

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.

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