Excerpt from Land Magnetic Observations: 1905-1910 The Department of Research in Terrestrial Magnetism was founded on April 1, 1904, one of its special objects being the acquirement of the necessary data for a general magnetic survey of the globe. The chief endeavor is to secure magnetic results in the regions where most needed and where there are no organizations prepared to undertake the work. Where magnetic surveys are in progress under competent direction and where the prospects for early completion are favorable, the Department confines its work to the Observations necessary for the proper correlation of results obtained with different instruments and by different methods and renders such assistance to organizations as may be required. While the Department has been able to extend special aid at times to certain organizations, in order that their object might be effectively and expeditiously carried out, it is a pleasure to record and gratefully acknowledge here the cordial and valuable aid it has itself received from magnetic institutions in all parts of the world, as well as from the governmental and diplomatic representatives of the countries visited. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.