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English: Auroral-like Birkeland currents created by scientist Kristian Birkeland in his terrella, featuring a magnetised anode globe in an evacuated chamber.
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Source Sourced from the book, The Norwegian Aurora Polaris Expedition 1902-1903, Volume 1: On the Cause of Magnetic Storms and The Origin of Terrestrial Magnetism, Section 2. Chapter VI: p.667 (published in 1913), By Kristian Birkeland (1867-1917) also on the Web at http://www.catastrophism.com/texts/birkeland/
Author Kristian Birkeland

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The author died in 1917, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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  • 2005-10-14 15:35 Iantresman 769×600× (42630 bytes) Auroral-like [[Birkeland current]]s created in [[Kristian Birkeland]]'s [[terrella]], featuring a magnetised anode globe in an evacutated chamber. Sourced from the book, <i>The Norwegian Aurora Polaris Expedition 1902-1903, Volume 1: On the Cause of Magn

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