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An empire of magnetism : global science and the British magnetic enterprise in the age of imperialism /

"During the 1840s and 1850s, the British government financed a worldwide investigation into how the Earth's magnetic phenomena operated, consisting of a network of naval expeditions and colonial observatories. Questions surrounding terrestrial magnetism were not just philosophical, but als...

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Main Author: Gillin, Edward John, 1990- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Magnetism > History > 19th century.
Imperialism and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Geomagnetism > History > 19th century.
Magnétisme > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Géomagnétisme > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Impérialisme et sciences > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Europe.
Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
History.
SCIENCE.
Geomagnetism
Imperialism and science
Magnetism
Great Britain
Physics.
Popular Science and Nature.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
History
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