Book ID: CBB000041557

A brief history of geomagnetism and a catalog of the collections of the National Museum of American History (1987)

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Multhauf, Robert P. (Author)
Good, Gregory A. (Author)


Smithsonian Institution Press


Publication Date: 1987
Physical Details: iii + 87 pp.; illus.; bibl.

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Review Malin, S. (1988) Review of "A brief history of geomagnetism and a catalog of the collections of the National Museum of American History". Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society (p. 15). unapi

Review Gubbins, D. (1988) Review of "A brief history of geomagnetism and a catalog of the collections of the National Museum of American History". Journal for the History of Astronomy (pp. 141-42). unapi

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Pumfrey, Stephen
Paviour-Smith, Martin
Murray, Lori L.
Mitchell, Mary X.
Goodman, Matthew
Lauren Hirshberg
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Science in Context
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Gellibrand, Henry
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Whiston, William
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