magnetic observatory

geophysics

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terrestrial magnetic field

  • magnetic field of a bar magnet
    In geomagnetic field: Measurement of the field

    Magnetic observatories continuously measure and record Earth’s magnetic field at a number of locations. In an observatory of this sort, magnetized needles with reflecting mirrors are suspended by quartz fibres. Light beams reflected from the mirrors are imaged on a photographic negative mounted on a…

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