Robert Norman
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Robert Norman was a 16th century British mariner, compass builder, and hydrographer. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Mariner can refer to The PBM Mariner flying boat The Mariner Space Program An archaic term for sailor This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the navigational instrument. ... Hydrography is the measurement of physical characteristics of waters and marginal land. ...
He is noted for his London publication in 1581 of The Newe Attractive, a pamphlet discussing the lodestone or magnet, as well as practical aspects of navigation. More importantly it included his discovery of the "magnetic dip", which caused the needle of a compass to incline at an angle from the horizon. This was caused by the magnetic field of the Earth not running parallel to the surface. Italic text St. ...
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Magnetite Lodestone or loadstone refers to either: Magnetite, a magnetic mineral form of iron(II), iron(III) oxide Fe3O4, one of several iron oxides. ...
Magnetic lines of force of a bar magnet shown by iron filings on paper A magnet is an object that has a magnetic field. ...
Current flowing through a wire produces a magnetic field (M) around the wire. ...
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Norman demonstrated this phenomenon by creating a compass needle that pivoted on a horizontal axis. This needle then tilted at a steep angle relative to the horizon line. Knowledge of magnetic inclination and local variations was known before Norman's publication, but his work had a more significant impact and gave the knowledge greater depth. Horizon The horizon is the line that separates earth from sky. ...
Norman crater on the Moon has been named in his honor. Norman is a small lunar impact crater on the Oceanus Procellarum, to the south and slightly west of the Euclides crater. ...
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