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"Magnetic Variation" vs "Magnetic Declination"
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2007 Jan 08, 10:38 -0800
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2007 Jan 08, 10:38 -0800
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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---