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Using a magnetometer to measure the declination

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Description

Using a magnetometer to measure the declination.Declination is the angle between true north and magnetic north

Credit

NOAA Office of NOAA Corps Operations

Display Date

Ca. 1967

Location

Virginia, Fredericksburg

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey

Keywords

Geophysics

Geomagnetism