The completion of the General Magnetic Survey of Australia by the Carnegie Institution of Washington

Abstract

The plan of the General Magnetic Survey of Australia by the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism of the Carnegie Institution of Washington was explained in a paper read by the author before the Australasian Association at Melbourne in 1913. As there stated, the object was to secure approximately one station for every 10,000 square miles of territory, or about 300 stations in all, with a uniform distribution over the Continent. Lack of facilities for travelling over large areas of the interior, of course, prevented the execution of this plan in its entirety, but the number and distribution of the stations established by the close of the survey in November, 1914, may be considered very satisfactory under the circumstances. The finally accepted results are given in the appended table, which is self explanatory. Some have already been published in the volumes of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, where descriptions of stations will also be found, but some have not yet appeared in print.