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As the comparison of curves obtained at distant stations is at present one of the most important desiderata for the study of terrestrial magnetism, I forward to you traces of two photographs obtained on March 17 last at Vienna and at Stonyhurst. The storm is a remarkable one, and the curves offer a striking illustration of the simultaneous action of the disturbing force on two magnets many miles apart. The action of the force appears to have been somewhat more vigorous at Stonyhurst than at Vienna, yet not only the great inflections, but even the slight irregularities of the curves were synchronous.
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PERRY, S. Comparative Curves in Terrestrial Magnetism. Nature 22, 120–121 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022120c0
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