The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Magnetic Induction

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The power possessed by a magnet of communicating its properties to a bar of steel in its near vicinity, though perhaps not touching it; what is known as earth's induction is the communication of magnetism from the earth to iron and steel bodies, such as the hulls of vessels, etc.

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