Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1919 — Believe Magnetic Poles Have Slow Motion Around the Geographical Poles [ARTICLE]

Believe Magnetic Poles Have Slow Motion Around the Geographical Poles

The geographical poles of the earth are the extremities of the imaginary line passing through its center of gravity and about which it revolves, and are therefore symmetrically located with regard to the equator. The magnetic poles, however, are not coincident with the geographical poles. • nor are they diametrically opposite to each other. Prior to the recent attempt of Amundsen to determine the north magnetic pole, the only other_ was by Capt. James Ross in June, liß3l, who found the dip of the xnagnetic needle to be 89 degrees, 50 minutes, 5 seconds, in latitude 70 degrees, 5 minutes, 2 seconds, north, and longitude 96 degrees, 45 minutes, 8 seconds, west, which is in King William Land. Canada. The result of Amundsen’s observations has not yet been published by the Norwegian authorities. For the south magnetic pole, from a consideration of all the results available, according to the United Coast and Geodetic Survey, the position of latitude 72 degrees, 7 minutes, south, and longitude 156 degrees, east, has been tentatively adopted. These values are only rough'll approximated and for that reason are given only in degrees and tenths.

By reason of the r.nnuar variation of the magnetic needle, it is believed the magnetic poles are not stationary, but have motion, around the geographical poles. The subject is shrouded In mystery and "constitutes one of the many as yet unsolved problems in terrestrial physics.