Samuel Hunter Christie (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Hunter Christie (22 March 1784 - 24 January 1865) was a British scientist and mathematician. He studied mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge where he was second wrangler. He was particularly interested in magnetism, studying the earth's magnetic field and designing improvements to the magnetic compass. Some of his magnetic research was done in collaboration with Peter Barlow. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826, delivered their Bakerian Lecture in 1833 and served as their Secretary from 1837 to 1853.