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IT was perhaps to be expected that the recent discovery of the Zeeman effect in the spectra of sun-spots should revive the idea of a direct magnetic action originating in the sun and observable at the surface of the earth. A numerical estimate is therefore called for as to the magnitude of the disturbance which might be produced by such a direct action.
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SCHUSTER, A. On the Magnetic Action of Sun-spots. Nature 79, 279–280 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/079279d0
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