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Search Results for "terrestrial magnetism"

Hirra Ateeq
09 July 2024
4 mins

Initiated in 1837 by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, Maharaja of the Kingdom of Travancore, the Trivandrum Observatory had strong links with Fellows of Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­, as Hirra Ateeq discovers.

Magnetic Halley

history of science
Jon Bushell
16 October 2023
5 mins

Jon Bushell looks at Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s portraits of Edmond Halley, and a diagram of Halley's curious model for the internal structure of the Earth.

Sabine at sea

history of science
Hirra Ateeq
07 August 2023
5 mins

Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s Edward Sabine correspondence is a treasure trove for research on everything from terrestrial magnetism to British activities in Africa, as Hirra Ateeq discovers.

Magnetism and Madras

history of science
Hirra Ateeq
21 February 2023
5 mins

Cataloguer Hirra Ateeq shares her discoveries from the terrestrial magnetism correspondence in the archives of Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»­, and tells the story of a remarkable Indian astronomer.

Virginia Mills
23 September 2019
4 mins

Archivist Virginia Mills examines Humboldt's role in establishing a network of magnetic observatories across the world, and his philosophy that everything in nature is interconnected.