Between Data, Mathematical Analysis and Physical Theory: Research on Earth’s Magnetism in the 19th Century

DOI10.1111/J.1600-0498.2008.00130.XMaRDI QIDQ3521265zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gregory A. Good

Publication date 21 August 2008

Published in Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.2008.00130.x

zbMATH Keywords

E. SabineG. B. AiryH. LloydHansteen A. v. HumboldtJ. HerschelMagnetic Crusadespherical harmonic analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of optics and electromagnetic theory (78-03)

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