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Re: Earth's magnetic field



brian whatcott wrote:

At 18:47 10/25/97 +0000, Inge wrote:
. . .
Typical values we get are 3*10^(-5) T, which is not bad
according to tabulated values.

I'm so pleased you mentioned your experimental determination.
For some reason the figure of 470 microtesla for total field
comes to mind which contrasts strongly with your value of
30 microtesla for horiz. component.
. . .
brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK

A Halliday & Resnick text cites a value of 5.7*10^-5 T at Wash DC.
This jives well with Inge's measurement of the horizontal component.
(Brian, the second thing to go is your memory!)
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