An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Enterprise in the Age of Imperialism

2025/11/02 by Daniella McCahey · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Australian History and Society #Historical Economic and Social Studies #History of Science and Natural History

paper · doi:10.1080/03086534.2025.2581794

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Abstract

In the beginning of 2020, while scrolling on Twitter, I stumbled on the account of a ship journeying through the southern Atlantic, carrying a nineteenth century magnetic dipping needle. The accoun...

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