Story: Magnetic field

Page 3 – External links and sources

400 years of ‘De Magnete’

This site gives a historical perspective, dating from William Gilbert’s study De Magnete in 1600, on the changing understanding of the earth’s magnetic field.
Geological and Nuclear Sciences databases

This site gives a brief history of research into the earth’s magnetic field, with an account of variations in the magnetic field around New Zealand.
INTERMAGNET – global network of magnetic observatories

INTERMAGNET is the International Real-time Magnetic Observatory Network, which monitors the earth's magnetic field. It presents data and information from geomagnetic observatories around the world.

McKnight, D. ‘Centenary of New Zealand’s magnetic observatory.’ Newsletter of the New Zealand Geophysical Society 59 (2001): 20–24.
Sutherland, R. Magnetic anomalies in the New Zealand region, 1:4,000,000. Geophysical Map 9. Lower Hutt: Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, 1996.
Wellman, H. W. ‘The Stokes Magnetic Anomaly.’ Geological Magazine 110, no. 5 (1973): 419–429.