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Magnetic Fields of Celestial Bodies

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  • © 1994

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Authors:
  1. Ye Shi-Hui

    1. Purple Mountain Observatory and Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, Academia Sinica, China

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 198)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Ye Shi-Hui
    Pages 1-8

  3. Principles of Measurement of Magnetic Fields of Celestial Bodies

    • Ye Shi-Hui
    Pages 9-39

  4. Techniques for the Measurement of Magnetic Fields of Celestial Bodies

    • Ye Shi-Hui
    Pages 41-93

  5. The Magnetic Fields of Sunspots

    • Ye Shi-Hui
    Pages 95-127

  6. Background and Local Magnetic Fields on the Solar Surface

    • Ye Shi-Hui
    Pages 129-162

  7. Magnetic Fields of the Solar Atmosphere

    • Ye Shi-Hui
    Pages 163-184

  8. The General Magnetic Field of the Sun

    • Ye Shi-Hui
    Pages 185-206

  9. Magnetic Fields of the Solar System

    • Ye Shi-Hui
    Pages 207-222

  10. Stellar Magnetic Fields

    • Ye Shi-Hui
    Pages 223-249

  11. Magnetic Fields of Galaxies and Intergalactic Space

    • Ye Shi-Hui
    Pages 251-267

  12. Some Theoretical Problems of Cosmic Magnetic Fields

    • Ye Shi-Hui
    Pages 269-310

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 311-340
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Magnetism is one of the basic properties of matter. Mankind has trav­ elled a long road in discovering and utilizing magnetism, and in this respect the ancient Chinese people have made outstanding contribu­ tions. In the book 'Lu's Spring and Autumn', written near the end of the Warring States Period, i. e. in the third century B. C. , there is a statement on the "attraction of iron by lodestones". So at that time it was known that magnets can attract ferromagnetic material. At the be­ ginning ofthe first century A. D. , viz. in the early years ofthe East Hang Dynasty, the famous scholar Wang Chong wrote in his masterpiece 'Len Hen' that the handle of a magnetic dipper pointed to the south. It was thus discovered at the time that magnets can point to the poles of the geomagnetic field. At the beginning of the twelfth century, during the reign of Emperor Hui of the Sung Dynasty, in the two books written by Zhu Yo and Xu Jin, respectively, there are descriptions of the com­ pass used in navigation. This tells us that the application of compasses was rather widespread at that time. The distinguished scientist Sen Go (1031-1085) discovered the declination of the terrestrial magnetic field. This is four hundred and more years earlier than its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1492 during his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Such facts as these manifest the important contributions of ancient China to global civilization.

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  • Purple Mountain Observatory and Yunnan Astronomical Observatory, Academia Sinica, China

    Ye Shi-Hui

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