Notes on the history of geophysics in the Ottoman Empire

In Anatolia, the history of geophysical sciences may go back to antiquity (600 BC), namely the period when Thales lived in Magnesia (Asia Minor). In the modern sense, geophysics started with geomagnetic works in the 1600s. The period between 1600 and 1800 includes the measurement of magnetic declina...

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Main Authors: F. Ozcep, T. Ozcep
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-09-01
Series:History of Geo- and Space Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hist-geo-space-sci.net/5/163/2014/hgss-5-163-2014.pdf