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English: Auroral-like Birkeland currents created by scientist Kristian Birkeland in his terrella, featuring a magnetised anode globe in an evacuated chamber.
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Source Sourced from the book, The Norwegian Aurora Polaris Expedition 1902-1903, Volume 1: On the Cause of Magnetic Storms and The Origin of Terrestrial Magnetism, Section 2. Chapter VI: p.667 (published in 1913), By Kristian Birkeland (1867-1917) also on the Web at http://www.catastrophism.com/texts/birkeland/
Author Kristian Birkeland

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  • 2005-10-14 15:35 Iantresman 769×600× (42630 bytes) Auroral-like [[Birkeland current]]s created in [[Kristian Birkeland]]'s [[terrella]], featuring a magnetised anode globe in an evacutated chamber. Sourced from the book, <i>The Norwegian Aurora Polaris Expedition 1902-1903, Volume 1: On the Cause of Magn

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