| Reference number | AP/30/14 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On terrestial magnetism' by William A [Augustus] Norton |
| Creator | Norton; William Augustus (1810-1883); American civil engineer; educator |
| Date | 1847 |
| Description | Norton aims to show that, by adopting certain fundamental conceptions with respect to the terrestrial magnetic forces, the magnetic may be deduced from the thermal elements of the earth. The following are the propositions which he considers he has established by his inquiries: all the magnetic elements of any place on the earth may be deduced from the thermal elements of that place; and all the great features of the distribution of the earth’s magnetism may be theoretically derived from certain prominent features in the distribution of its heat.
Followed by two pages of diagrams.
Subject: Magnetism
Received 4 December 1847. Communicated by Lt Col Edward Sabine.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 5 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On terrestrial magnetism'. |
| Extent | 46p |
| Format | Diagram |
| Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0137 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8279 | Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883) | 1788 - 1883 |