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001449474 1001_ $$aMandea, Mioara.
001449474 24514 $$aThe magnetic declination:$$ba history of the compass /$$cMoiara Mandea.
001449474 260__ $$aCham, Switzerland :$$bSpringer,$$c2022.
001449474 300__ $$a1 online resource.
001449474 4901_ $$aSpringerBriefs in earth sciences
001449474 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references.
001449474 5050_ $$aSome introductory notions -- The poetry and philosophy of the beginnings -- The first attempts of observing the magnetic declination -- Ancient declination maps -- Long-series of declination observations -- Geomagnetic vector field: from ground to satellite measurements -- Magnetic information frozen in the archeological vestiges and rocks -- Maps of magnetic declination over the last centuries -- Spatial evolution: Westward drift -- Temporal evolution: geomagnetic jerks -- Geomagnetic and magnetic poles -- Next interest in magnetic declination.
001449474 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
001449474 520__ $$aThis book aims then to describe in a comprehensible way efforts made over centuries of measuring and understanding the magnetic declination. The book also highlights some important characteristics of the Earths magnetic field thanks to the declination measurements. Some applications and societal implications are also underlined. Anyone living in the 21st century knows the best way to navigate is by using a smartphone App. Decades and centuries ago, in order to find the same way a magnificent instrument was used: the compass. Despite many being aware of the compass, not everyone appreciates that throughout the ages of exploration, sailors and explorers linked their lives and great discoveries to the magnetic needle. Furthermore, is there an awareness of the Earths physical mechanism behind the changes in time and space of the direction indicated by the compass? The magnetic declination is at the center of this book and it helps the reader to understand how to navigate in time and space. The book provides the history of the compass and magnetic declination leading the reader to the understanding of our magnetic planet. This book is designed for those who are fascinated by the long history of geomagnetism. This book relies on readers knowledge of elementary scientific concepts, and introduces the geomagnetism concepts as they evaluated in time. The focus is on some basic concepts and physical processes in order to understand the evolution of a specific element of the geomagnetic field, the declination. The primary audience may have just started an interest in the geomagnetism and history of science, as students and researchers. Some readers may have an interest that only touches the geomagnetism, as navigators, geophysicists, historians.
001449474 588__ $$aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 20, 2022).
001449474 650_0 $$aMagnetic declination.
001449474 650_0 $$aCompass.
001449474 655_0 $$aElectronic books.
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001449474 830_0 $$aSpringerBriefs in earth sciences.
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