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RefNoAP/32/2
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'Les causes du magnétisme terrestre' [Causes of terrestrial magnetism] by Pierre Beron
CreatorBeron; Pierre (fl 1850)
Date1850
DescriptionBeron considers the elements of terrestrial magnetism to be that the force with which the magnetic needle maintains its position is not everywhere the same, and that its declination and inclination vary from one region to another. These elements, he states, undergo very different modifications, which may be reduced to the following: variations with reference to the position of the sun to the south or to the north of the equator; diurnal variations in different regions of the earth; disturbances which proceed from changes of weather, and from volcanic irruptions, and those which are observed during the appearance of the aurora borealis; and secular variations.

Annotations in ink throughout.

Subject: Magnetism

Received 14 June 1850. Communicated by John Lee.

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 'Les causes du magnétisme terrestre prouvées'.
LanguageFrench
Extent52p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsNot available to view, off site for conservation. Please refer to digital surrogate on Science in the Making.
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0262
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7536Lee; John (1783 - 1866)1783 - 1866
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