How To Use Magnetic declination In A Sentence
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The compass needle and a knowledge of magnetic declination, the angle between the magnetic north and geographic north, were developments from this knowledge; they were described by Shen Kua in 1088.
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Proposals were being made to solve the longitude problem and in 1673 one based on magnetic declination was proposed by a certain Henry Bond.
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On the North Rim the difference between map and compass is 15 east, a distinction known as magnetic declination.
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He also studied magnetic declination and was the first to observe the secular variation.
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Gellibrand's most famous scientific discovery was the change over the years in magnetic declination.