The magnetic declination : a history of the compass / / Mioara Mandea

• Autore: Mandea Mioara
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (118 pages)
• Disciplina: 912.0284
• Soggetto topico: Compass; Magnetic declination
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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. ; 6.3 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Magnetic Declination
• ISBN: 9783031094767; 9783031094750
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910592986303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SpringerBriefs in earth sciences.