- terrella
- ter·rel·la
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terrella
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Terrella — Terrella, neulat. (kleine Erde), kugelförmiger Magnet, wie ein Erdglobus mit Polen, Aequator und Meridianen bezeichnet, dient zur Veranschaulichung des Erdmagnetismus … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Terrella — A terrella (meaning little earth ) is a small magnetised model ball representing the Earth, that is thought to have been invented by Englishman physician William Gilbert while investigating magnetism, and further developed 300 years later by the… … Wikipedia
Terrella — See Terrellia … Etymological dictionary of grasses
terrella — təˈrelə noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin, small earth or planet, spherical magnet, from Latin terra earth + ella more at terrace : a spherical magnet used to simulate the magnetic properties of the earth … Useful english dictionary
Kristian Birkeland — Kristian Olaf Birkeland (December 13, 1867 June 15, 1917) was born in Christiania (Oslo today) and wrote his first scientific paper at the age of 18. He organized several expeditions to Norway s high latitude regions where he established a… … Wikipedia
Banknotes of the Norwegian krone — Norwegian banknotes are circulated, in addition to Norwegian coins, with a denomination of Norwegian kroner, as standard units of currency in Norway. History From 1877, after the establishment of the Scandinavian Monetary Union, and until present … Wikipedia
De Magnete — Title page of 1628 edition De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure (On the Magnet and Magnetic Bodies, and on That Great Magnet the Earth) is a scientific work published in 1600 by the English physician and scientist… … Wikipedia
Kristian Birkeland — Kristian Olaf Bernhard Birkeland (* 13. Dezember 1867 in Kristiania; † 15. Juni 1917 in Tokio) war ein norwegischer Physiker, der seit 1898 einen Lehrstuhl an der Universität Oslo innehatte. Er wurde insgesamt sieben Mal für den Physik Nobelpreis … Deutsch Wikipedia
De Magnete — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cubierta del libro De Magnete De Magnete, Magneticisque Corporibus, et de Magno Magnete Tellure (Sobre los imanes, los cuerpos magnéticos y el gran imán terrestre), más conocido como De Magnete, es un trabajo… … Wikipedia Español
ter|rel|la — «tuh REHL uh», noun. 1. a space capsule with an environment of the earth: »Sanitary engineers…are figuring out how to dispose of wastes and insure the cleanliness of the terrella (New Yorker). 2. a magnetic globe or other spherical object so… … Useful english dictionary
