Fitting Geomagnetic Fields before the Invention of Least Squares: I. Henry Bond's Predictions (1636, 1668) of the Change in Magnetic Declination in London

DOI10.1080/00033790110050777zbMath1028.01002OpenAlexW2161850848WikidataQ58365868 ScholiaQ58365868MaRDI QIDQ4710156

Richard J. Howarth

Publication date: 25 January 2004

Published in: Annals of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00033790110050777

zbMATH Keywords

forecast of changes in magnetic declination

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of geophysics (86-03)

Cites Work

• J. H. Lambert's work on probability
• Visual Error Criteria for Qualitative Smoothing
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