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In Italy the mariner world calls it declinazione magnetica (magnetic
declination). I was a little surprised when I started reading english
literature to find the term magnetic variation.
Giuseppe Menga
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From: "Lu Abel" 
To: "Navigation" 
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:38 PM
Subject: [NavList 2004] "Magnetic Variation" vs "Magnetic Declination"


>
> Following up on Guy Schwartz's question about Variation and George
> Huxtable's reply, I decided to do some web surfing.
>
> I ran into an immediate shock:  while we of the mariner persuasion call
> the difference between true north and magnetic north "magnetic variation,"
> most of the rest of the scientific community calls it "magnetic
> declination."
>
> For example, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_declination
>
> Does anyone know why this disparity in terminology exists?
>
> Lu Abel
>
> >
>


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