The magnetic declination : a history of the compass / Mioara Mandea.
Pubblicazione:
Cham : Springer, c2022.
Descrizione fisica:
XIII, 116 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Springer briefs in earth sciences
Contiene:
Indice: Pt. 1. Introduction: 1. Some introductory notions. Pt. 2. The beginning of magnetism: 2. The poetry and philosophy of the beginnings 3. The first attempts to observe the magnetic declination. Pt. 3. Magnetic declination from the age of sail to the first modern observations: 4. Ancient declination maps. Pt. 4. Magnetic declination from the first continuous observations to the satellite era: 5. Long-series of declination observations 6. Geomagnetic vector field: from ground to satellite measurements. Pt. 5. Some specific features of the magnetic declination: 7. Maps of magnetic declination over the last centuries 8. Spatial evolution: westward drift 9. Temporal evolution: geomagnetic jerks 10. Geomagnetic and magnetic poles 11. What next?
