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A Sampler of Titles Archived by NCEI

The following is a sample list, sorted by author, of reports contained in the Report 51 Bibliography of Historical Geomagnetic Main Field Survey and Secular Variation Reports at the WDC-A for Solid Earth Geophysics. The information contained in SE-51 is also available as a digital database. Most of the reports listed are available on magnetic tape as PCX images.

  • Description of Ritchie's Liquid Steering Compasses, with Accompanying Drawings and Ritchie's Monitor Compass;
  • Bache, A. D. Abstract of a Discussion of the Horizontal Component of the Magnetic Force from Observations made at the Girard College Observatory, Philadelphia, in the Years 1840 - 1845; 1862.
  • Bache, A. D. Observations at the Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory at the Girard College, Philadelphia: 1840 - 1845; 1847.
  • Bauer, L. A. First Report upon Magnetic Work in Maryland; 1897.
  • Broun, John Allan Observations in Magnetism and Meteorology Made at Makerstoun in Scotland in the Observatory of Gen. Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane in 1844; 1848.
  • Broun, John Allan Observations in Magnetism and Meteorology Made at Makerstoun in Scotland; 1849.
  • The Bureau of Navigation of the Department of the Navy The Variation of the Compass:; 1886.
  • Chambers, Charles Dreckman; Narayen, Nene Vinayek; Chambers, Frederick Magnetical and Meteorological Observations made at the Government Observatory, Bombay in the Year 1883 - 1890; 1884 / 1891.
  • Christie, S. Hunter Discussion of the Magnetic Observations Made by Captain Back, R.N. During His Late Arctic Expedition; 1836.
  • Cirera, P. Ricardo Geomagnetism in the Philippines (El Magnetismo Terrestre en Filipinas); 1893.
  • Curtis, G. E. Hourly Readings of the Declinometer, Dec. 1881 - Sept. 9, 1882: Ooglaamie, Alaska; 1883.
  • Davis, Gualterio G. Enlightening Notes upon the Climate in the Republic of Argentina (Ligeros Apuntes Sobre el Clima de la Republica Argentina); 1889.
  • De Gasparis, A. Notes on the Values of Magnetic Inclination (Avvertenze e Valori dell'Inclinazione Magnetica); 1885.
  • De Souza, J. A. Monthly Magnetic Determinations from December 1866 to May 1869 Inclusive, Made at the University of Coimbra; 1869.
  • Dechevrens, Marc Bulletin of Magnetic and Meteorological Observations (Bulletin des Observations Magnetiques et Meteorologiques); 1894 / 1907.
  • Delporte, A.; Gillis, L. Astronomic and Magnetic Observations in the Territory of the Independent State of the Congo ( Observations Astronomiques & Magnetiques sur le Territoire de L'Etat Independant du Congo); 1892.
  • Denza, P. F. Magnetic Inclination at Torino; 1885.
  • Elliot, C. M. Magnetical Observations Made at the Honorable East India Company's Magnetical Observatory at Singapore in the Years 1841 - 1845; 1851.
  • Elliot, Charles M. Magnetic Survey of the Eastern Archipelago; 1851.
  • Evans, Frederick J. On the Magnetic Character of the Armour-plated Ships of the Royal Navy, and on the Effect on the Compass of Particular Arrangements of Iron in a Ship; 1865.
  • Fritsche, Hermann P. Magnetic Observations at 509 Locations in Asia and Europe During the Period 1867 - 1894 (Observations Magnetiques sur 509 lieux Faites en Asia et en Europe pendant la periode de 1867 - 1894); 1897.
  • Fritsche, Hermann P. Results of Astronomical and Magnetic Observations (Resultate aus Astronomischen und Magnetischen Beobachtung); 1874.
  • Gaimard, M. Paul Voyages of the Scientific Commission of the North in Scandanavia to Spitzberg and Feroe: 1838, 1839 & 1840 (Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord, Scandinavie, En Laponie au Spitzberg aux Feroe: 1838, 1839 & 1840); 1840.
  • Galton, F. Chairman Kew Committee The Kew Observatory, Richmond, Surrey 1890 - 1899; 1890.
  • Gelcich, Eugen Magnetic Location Determinations at the South-East Austrian-Hungarian Border (Magnetiische Ortsbestimmungen an den sudostlichen Grenzen Ostereich-Ungarns); 1888.
  • Gilliss, J. M. Magnetical and Meteorological Observations made at Washington Under Orders of the Honorable Secretary of the Navy, August 13, 1838; 1845.
  • Hann, J. Year book of the K. K. Central Establishment for Meteorology and Geomagnetism (Jahrbucher der K.K. Central-Anstalt fur Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus); 1882.
  • Hilgard, J. E. Magnetic Observations on the Boundry Line between the United States and Mexico Under the Treaty of 1853; 1855.
  • Hilgard, J. E.; Schott, Charles A. Report Appendices for 1874, 1876, 1879, 1880, 1882, 1886; 1874 / 1886.
  • Jelinek, Carl; Fritsch, Carl Yearbook of the K.K. Central Organization for Meteorology and Geomagnetism (Jahrbucher der K.K. Central-Anstalt Fur Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus); 1867.
  • Kingston, J. I. Abstracts and Results of Magnetical and Meteorological Observatons at the Magnetic Observatory, Toronto, Canada; 1875.
  • Konkoly, Thege Miklos History of the O'Gyalla Observatory; 1898.
  • Kreil, Karl Magnetic and Meteorological Observations of Prague: 1840 - 1842 (Magnetische und meteorologische Beobachtungen zu Prag: 1840 - 1842); 1841.
  • Le Comte Cancrine, M.; Kupffer, A. T. Yearbook of Magnetism and Meteorology of the Russian Corps of Mining Engineers (Annuaire Mangetique et Meteorologique de Corps Ingenieurs des Mines de Russie); 1843.
  • Littlehales, G. W. The Secular Change in the Direction of the Terrestrial Mangnetic Field at the Earth's Surface; 1899.
  • Liznar, Josef Concerning Magnetic Declination and Inclination at Vienna: 1852 - 1871 (Uber die magnetische Declination and Inclination zu Wien: 1852 - 1871); 1877.
  • Mahmoud-Effendi Records of the Present Condition of Isoclinic and Isodynamic Lines (Memoire sur L'Etat Actuel Des Lignes Isocliniques Et Isodynamiques); 1856.
  • Missionaries of the Society of Jesus (Missionnaires de la Compagnie de Jesus) Yearbook for Zi-Ka-Wei Observatory; 1886.
  • Moureaux, M. Th. The Magnetic Anomaly of the Paris Basin (L'Anomalie Magnetique du Bassin De Paris); 1891.
  • Pardo De Figueroa, Don Rafael Compensation of Magnetic Declination in the Iberian Peninsula (Compensacion de Declinaciones Magneticas en la Peninsula Iberica); 1895.
  • Preston, E. D. Magnetic and Gravity Observations on the West Coast of Africa and at Some Islands in the North and South Atlantic; 1890.
  • Quetelet, A. Geomagnetism in Italy (Manetisme Terrestre en Italie); 1840.
  • The Royal Observatory of Brussels Yearbook of the Royal Observatory of Brussels; 1881.
  • Sabine, Edward Observations Made at the Magnetical and Meteorological Observatory at Hobarton, Van Diemen Island and by the Antarctic Naval Expedition; 1850.
  • Sandkuhl, Ernst Results of Meteorological and Magnetic Observatons at Clausthal from January 1, 1876 to January 1, 1886; 1887.
  • Schott, Charles A. Contributions to Terrestrial Magnetism, Appendix No. 139; 1886.
  • Schott, Charles A. Magnetic Dip and Intensity with Their Secular Variation and Geographical Distribution in the United States; 1886.
  • Schott, Charles A. The Magnetic Work of the Greely Arctic Expedition: 1881-1884; 1889.
  • Schott, Charles A. Methods and Results: Report upon Magnetic Observations made at the U.S. Polar Station Ooglaamie, Point Barrow, Alaska 1881-1882-1883; 1883.
  • Schott, Charles A. Report on Results of Magnetic Observations, both Absolute and Differential, at Key West, 1860 to 1866; 1874.
  • Schuck, Albert Magnetic Observations at Hamburg Bay, the German Bay of the North Sea and Central Regions (Magnetische Beobachtungen an der Hamburger Bucht, deutsche Bucht der Nordsee, mittlerer Theil; 1898.
  • Stelling, E. W. Magnetic Observations from a Journey to Urga in the Summer of 1893 ( Magnetische Beobachtungen auf einer Reise nach Urga im Sommer 1893); 1895.
  • U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Magnetic Observations made at the Girard College Magnetic Observatory, 1840-1845; 1846.
  • The U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1895; 1896.
  • Wesselowski, K. Report of the Proceedings and Results of the Third International Polar Conference (Bericht uber die Verhandlungen und Ergebnisse der 3. internationalen Polar-Konferenz); 1881.
  • Weyer, G. D. E. Concerning the Secular Variation of Magnetic Declination in Rio de Janerio (Uber die sakulare Variation der magnetischen Deklination in Rio de Janeiro; 1888.
  • Wild, Henry Fixed Observations of Geomagnetic Elements and Magnetic Storms at the Pavlovsk Observatory (Termins-Beobachtungen der Erdmagnetischen Elemente und Erdstrome im Observatorium zu Pawlowsk); 1885.