The papers were collected by Commander R.C.Wrey.
Papers on naval technical subjects; pamphlet 'Notes on the correction of magnetic compass in ships' produced by the Admiralty Compass Observatory, Slough, together with papers on the theory of magnetic compass; a plan for Saltpetre House, Ashurst Wood, Colbury; and a scrapbook of cuttings and engravings of 18th and 19th century date.
Further papers of Commander Wrey are in the archives of the Hampshire Field Club in the Hampshire Record Office, section 35.
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