On Periodical Change of Terrestrial Magnetism

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Excerpt from On Periodical Change of Terrestrial Magnetism: Read Before the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, on the 14th June, 1878Admitting this daily retardation of the ¿uid interior inclusive the solid nucleus within it (like a sluggish compass card, that remains behind, when the ship's head moves round), it does not matter whether we say, in about 604 years, the outside shell of the earth makes one revolution ahead of its contents, or whether we say, the latter remains one revolution behind the former, the effect is the same, provided we can prove the nucleus of the earth to be the carrier of Terrestrial Magnetism, because in that case the nucleus with its Terrestrial Magnetism would be like a powerful magnetic needle (suspended in a spherical compass bowl), moving in a liquid (like in an ordinary liquid compass).In the next chapter it will be attempted to shew the high pro hability why the nucleus of the earth should be the carrier of Terrestrial Magnetism.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.