On certain irregularities in the magnetic needle, produced by partial warmth, and the relations which appear to subsist between terrestrial magnetism and the geological structure and thermo-electrical currents of the earth

The author begins by an account of some experiments which he instituted with a view to discover the cause of the irregularities in the indications of the intensity of terrestrial magnetism given by the vibrating magnetic needle. By inclosing the needle in a box surrounded with water at different tem...

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Published in:Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 1837
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspl.1830.0066
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