LEADER 03923nam 2200469 450 001 9910592986303321 005 20230206112916.0 010 $a9783031094767$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031094750 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7083147 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7083147 035 $a(CKB)24814899600041 035 $a(PPN)264955692 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924814899600041 100 $a20230206d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe magnetic declination $ea history of the compass /$fMioara Mandea 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland AG,$d[2022] 210 4$d©2022 215 $a1 online resource (118 pages) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in earth sciences 311 08$aPrint version: Mandea, Mioara The Magnetic Declination Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031094750 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntro -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I Introduction -- 1 Some Introductory Notions -- 1.1 Back in Time -- 1.2 Geomagnetic Field Components -- 1.3 Geomagnetic Field Sources -- 1.4 Geomagnetism, Archaeomagnetism and Palaeomagnetism -- References -- Part II The Beginning of Magnetism -- 2 The Poetry and Philosophy of the Beginnings -- 2.1 From Floating Ideas to Floating Needles -- 2.1.1 Mesopotamia -- 2.1.2 Mesoamerica -- 2.1.3 China -- 2.1.4 Greece -- 2.2 The Greatest of Centuries -- References -- 3 The First Attempts to Observe the Magnetic Declination -- 3.1 Empirical Theories -- 3.2 The First Observations -- 3.2.1 Magnetic Declination -- 3.2.2 Magnetic Dip -- 3.3 Spatial and Temporal Variations -- 3.3.1 Spatial Variations -- 3.3.2 Temporal Variations -- 3.4 Early Ideas About the Sources -- References -- Part III Magnetic Declination-From the Age of Sail to the First Modern Observations -- 4 Ancient Declination Maps -- 4.1 The First Maps Including Magnetic Information -- 4.1.1 Erhard Etzlaub - 1492 Map -- 4.1.2 Jean Guérard - 1631 Map -- 4.2 From Declination Measurements to Magnetic Elements -- 4.2.1 Cabot Map - 1544 -- 4.2.2 Gerardus Mercator - 1569 Map -- 4.3 From One to Two Magnetic Poles -- 4.3.1 Guillaume Le Nautonier - 1603 Map -- 4.4 The Earliest Magnetic Charts -- 4.4.1 Edmond Halley - 1700 Map -- 4.4.2 Charts and Atlases Before the Vector Field Measurements -- References -- Part IV Magnetic Declination from the First Continuous Observations to the Satellite Era -- 5 Long-Series of Declination Observations -- 5.1 London Series -- 5.2 Paris Series -- 5.3 Munich Series -- References -- 6 Geomagnetic Vector Field: From Ground to Satellite Measurements -- 6.1 The First Geomagnetic Observatories -- 6.2 Geomagnetic Observatories: From Analog to Digital Era -- 6.2.1 Absolute Instruments -- 6.2.2 Variometers -- 6.2.3 Automatic Observatories. 327 $a6.3 Space Measurements: Magnetic Satellites -- References -- Part V Some Specific Features of the Magnetic Declination -- 7 Maps of Magnetic Declination Over the Last Centuries -- References -- 8 Spatial Evolution: Westward Drift -- References -- 9 Temporal Evolution: Geomagnetic Jerks -- References -- 10 Geomagnetic and Magnetic Poles -- 10.1 The Geomagnetic Poles -- 10.2 The Magnetic Poles -- 10.2.1 The North Magnetic Pole -- 10.2.2 The South Magnetic Pole -- References -- 11 What Next? -- 11.1 Magnetic Declination at the Space Era -- 11.2 Magnetic Fields Beyond the Earth -- References. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in earth sciences. 606 $aCompass 606 $aMagnetic declination 615 0$aCompass. 615 0$aMagnetic declination. 676 $a912.0284 700 $aMandea$b Mioara$01257556 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910592986303321 996 $aThe Magnetic Declination$92914268 997 $aUNINA