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Terrella

A terrella (Latin for 'little earth') is a small magnetised model ball representing the Earth, that is thought to have been invented by the English physician William Gilbert while investigating magnetism, and further developed 300 years later by the Norwegian scientist and explorer Kristian Birkeland, while investigating the aurora.

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William Gilbert's terrella

Kristian Birkeland's terrella

Other terrellas

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Terrella

Nodes36
Edges35
Triples37
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.055556
Components1

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Terrella

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related to Other terrellas · 14
Terrella → All, Brunberg, California, Dattner, Earth's, Hafiz-Ur Rahman, He, Podgorny, Reichenbach, Riverside, Soviet Union, Sweden, The German Baron Carl, University
related to William Gilbert's terrella · 14
Terrella → Christopher Columbus, De Magnete, Earlier, Earth, Earth's, Gilbert, It, Magneticisque Corporibus, Magno Magnete Tellure, Passing, Queen Elizabeth, Robert Norman, William Gilbert, William Gilbert's
related to Kristian Birkeland's terrella · 8
Terrella → Because, Birkeland, Carl Størmer, He, Kristian Birkeland, Neither, Norwegian, Sun
related to External links · 1
Terrella → NASA Educational Website

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william terrellas around gilbert earth's kristian earth aurora later birkeland used simulate magnetised magnetism magnetosphere needle magnetic poles large experiments

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Terrellarelated to External linksNASA Educational Website0.60section
Terrellarelated to Kristian Birkeland's terrellaKristian Birkeland0.60section
Terrellarelated to Kristian Birkeland's terrellaNorwegian0.60section
Terrellarelated to Kristian Birkeland's terrellaHe0.60section
Terrellarelated to Kristian Birkeland's terrellaBecause0.60section
Terrellarelated to Kristian Birkeland's terrellaNeither0.60section
Terrellarelated to Kristian Birkeland's terrellaCarl Størmer0.60section
Terrellarelated to Kristian Birkeland's terrellaBirkeland0.60section
Terrellarelated to Kristian Birkeland's terrellaSun0.60section
Terrellarelated to Other terrellasThe German Baron Carl0.60section
Terrellarelated to Other terrellasReichenbach0.60section
Terrellarelated to Other terrellasHe0.60section

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