In 1858, the observatory was chosen as one of the main observing stations by General Sir Edward Sabine, when he was conducting a magnetic survey of England.
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The main aim of the expedition was to extend the magnetic survey of New Zealand by investigating Auckland and Campbell Islands but botanical, biological and zoological surveys were also conducted.
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Suitable locations for the observatories were selected in both hemispheres and representations were made to despatch an expedition to the Southern Ocean to carry out a magnetic survey of the Antarctic.
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Not much physical excavation has been done around Rathcroghan mound, but technologies such as radar and magnetic surveys have revealed features that show great similarities between Rathcroghan, Tara, and Emain Macha.
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The enclosures were initially detected through a subsurface magnetic survey by Tomasz Herbich, from the Polish Academy of Sciences, working with the early dynastic Abydos project, the statement said . my-ts
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Vanuatu's director of Geology and Mines, Stanley Temakon, said an Australian-funded aerial magnetic survey of the nation's 80 islands had produced results that excited a wave of prospecting in the geologically little-known country.
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As Director of the Christchurch Magnetic Observatory ( 1899 1903 ) he organised a magnetic survey of New Zealand and was awarded the first science D . Sc by the University of Adelaide.
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For the Kew committee's magnetic survey of the British Isles, Welsh was appointed to undertake the " North British " division, and spent part of the summers of 1857 and 1858 on this work.
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Developed countries such as Australia, Canada and USA invest heavily in systematic airborne magnetic surveys of their respective continents and surrounding oceans, to assist with map geology and in the discovery of mineral deposits.
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At the beginning of his career, Watson was an assistant to Professors A . W . Rucker and Thomas Edward Thorpe in the great magnetic survey of the British Isles from 1890 to 1895.
