The earth's magnetic field is of more than passing interest to science. The field is generated by a dynamo located in the outer core, thus measuring the dynamics of the magnetic field allows us to ...

By KAREN JEWELL ...

MORE than 300 years ago William Barlow, writing of the compasses of his day, said that, though the compass needle was “the most admirable and useful instrument of the whole world,” yet nothing ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Magnetism of Ships and the Mariner's Compass ” in SA Supplements Vol. 21 No. 534supp (March 1886), p. 8526 doi:10.1038 ...

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A WRITER in the North China Herald of Shanghai devotes a learned article to detailing and discussing the facts regarding the claim of the Chinese to have invented the mariner's compass. They did ...