Dip is a rotation. Using this Diagram on the sea, will help you to find were you are. (Translation, p. 298). [ZB Magnet 2] William Gilbert, De Magnete (London: Petrus Short, 1600), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, XVI.28, pp. 200-201. (more…)
[ZB Magnet 2] William Gilbert, De Magnete (London: Petrus Short, 1600), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, XVI.28, p. 192.
Magnetic needles, pointers, rods or wire have a tendency toward the earth’ s centre, the so called magnetic dip or inclination. Inclination variers. Here a magnetic wire in a cork shows its dip in a bowl filled with water. [ZB Magnet 2] William Gilbert, De Magnete (London: Petrus Short, 1600), Zentralbibliothek Zürich, Alte Drucke und Rara, XVI.28, p. 203.
