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MY subject is really Halley' s geomagnetic work considered in its historical setting, but I wish first to say a little about Halley as poet-a seldom remembered aspect of his remarkable versatility.
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11 September 1943
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CHAPMAN, S. EDMOND HALLEY AND GEOMAGNETISM*. Nature 152, 231–237 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152231a0
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