Magnetic Declination

Magnetic Declination

A History of the Compass

Mandea, Mioara

Springer International Publishing AG

09/2022

116

Mole

Inglês

9783031094750

15 a 20 dias

260

Some introductory notions.- The poetry and philosophy of the beginnings.- The first attempts of observing the magnetic declination.- Ancient declination maps.- Long-series of declination observations.- Geomagnetic vector field: from ground to satellite measurements.- Magnetic information frozen in the archeological vestiges and rocks.- Maps of magnetic declination over the last centuries.- Spatial evolution: Westward drift.- Temporal evolution: geomagnetic jerks.- Geomagnetic and magnetic poles.- Next interest in magnetic declination.
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Geomagnetism;Historical Observations;Magnetic Poles;Earth's interior;Intersection of science and history;Navigation and the history of our magnetic planet;Magnetic compass