HUMAN MAGNETISM: ITS NATURE, PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY
CONTENTS ANCIENT WORLD INTRODUCTORY NOTE LATIN AMERICA GREECE ROME EGYPT INDIA CHINA MEDIEVAL EUROPE FINDING VIRTUES IN MAGNETIC NEEDLE MAGNETISM AND DIVINITY PEREGRINUS AND EPISTOLA DE MAGNETE MARINER COMPASS AND PORTOLAN CHART FASHIONABLE MAGNETIC COMPASS DISCOVERING MAGNETIC VARIATION CONTENTS EARLY AGE OF DISCOVERY MOTIVATING FORCES ATTEMPT TO EXPLORE THE PROMISE LAND DISCOVERING NATURAL PHENOMENA USHERING NEW NAVIGATIONAL SCIENCE DETERMINING LONGITUDE MAGNETICALLY EXPLORING NEW ROUTES FOR FAR EAST DISCOVERING MAGNETIC INCLINATION DAWN OF EUROPEAN SCIENCE GILBERT’S DE MAGNETE LE NAUTONIER AND MÉCOMETRI DE LAYMANT EMPIRICISM ON MAGNETISM SCIENTI?C REVOLUTION AND SOCIETY DIMINUTION OF MAGNETIC VARIATION ATTEMPT TO UNRAVELLING CAUSE OF MAGNETISM AT THE EARLY MODERN ERA RATIONALISM IN CONTINUANCE ELECTRICITY NEW AVATAR BORN TILTED DIPOLE CONCEPT CONTESTED FOUR GEOMAGNETIC POLES CONJECTURED FIRST DECLINATION CHART OF THE GLOBE CONTROVERSY ABOUT FOUR POLES THEORY AT THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT ENVISIONING GRAND UNI?CATION SOME MORE FAILED ATTEMPTS MEASURING GEOMAGNETIC DIP FINDING SHORT PERIOD MAGNETIC VARIATION LIGHTNING IN PLEASURE EXTRANEOUS EFFECT ON EARTH’S MAGNETISM AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT CONTINUED MEASURING GEOMAGNETIC DIP REVISITED RELATING ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM GLOBAL ISOGONAL AND ISOCLINIC CHARTS BIRTH OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS INVERSE SQUARE LAW RECALLED MEASURING GEOMAGNETIC FORCE REVISITED AT THE AGE OF USHERING TECHNOLOGY ELECTRICITY LIT A NEW PARADIGM FOUR POLES THEORY RESURFACED DOES GEOMAGNETIC INTENSITY VARY IN TIME ? IMPROVED MEASUREMENT OF GEOMAGNETIC DIP ELECTROMAGNETISM A NEW AVATAR BORN GLOBAL SCOPE IN GEOMAGNETIC RESEARCH USHERING NEW SCIENCE UPDATED CHARTS OF GEOMAGNETIC ELEMENTS MEASURING ABSOLUTE FIELD INTENSITY GENERAL THEORY OF GEOMAGNETISM ONSET OF ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES LOCATING GEOMAGNETIC POLES MAGNETISM OF ROCKS AND MINERALS 10 AGE OF SYNERGY 10 1 CHARACTERIZING MAGNETIC MATERIALS 10 2 PARAMETRISING MAGNETISM 10 3 EXTRANEOUS SOURCE IN GEOMAGNETISM 10 4 PROGRESS IN ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY 10 5 USHERING NEW INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 10 6 ATTEMPT TO STANDARDIZE UNITS AND MEASURES 11 AGE OF RADICALISM 11 1 EXTERNAL EFFECT IN GEOMAGNETISM 11 2 MAGNETISM RECORDS HISTORY 11 3 GEOMAGNETISM IN THE LAND OF RISING SUN 11 4 GEOMAGNETIC VARIATION OF THE PAST CONTENTS 11 5 REVISITING EXTERNAL SOURCE 11 6 ATTEMPT TO REVEAL EARTH’S INSIDE 12 AGE OF NEW WORLD ORDER 12 1 NEW PHYSICS EXPLAINING MAGNETISM 12 2 QUANTUM JUMP IN MAGNETISM 12 3 ELECTRON SPIN - A GAME CHANGER 12 4 NEW PHYSICS IN GEOMAGNETISM 12 5 DYNAMO APPEARS AS A SAVIOUR 12 6 SOME MORE ON GEODYNAMO 13 ONSET OF CYBER WORLD 13 1 ROCK MAGNETISM ENVISIONED 13 2 INSTRUMENTS STUDYING ROCK MAGNETISM 13 3 EMERGENCE OF PALAEOMAGNETIC STUDIES 13 4 PITCHING NEW CONCEPT AMID SETBACKS 13 5 EARTH’S CONDUCTIVITY EARLY LOOK 13 6 INSTRUMENTATION - MECHANICAL TO ELECTRICAL 14 MODERN CYBER WORLD 14 1 NEW PARADIGM OF UNDERSTANDING 14 2 A NEW AVATAR BORN 14 3 NEW PHYSICS IN INSTRUMENTATION 14 4 MAPPING THE GLOBE MAGNETICALLY 14 5 SOME MYTHS AND SOME FACTS 14 6 BEYOND EARTH LIST OF ACRONYMS LIST OF SYMBOLS