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On the magnetic and electric state 

 of the Earth. 



Short review. 



Before finishing we will give a short review över the 

 magnetic and electric state at present prevailing on the 

 earth. 



Because a magnetic body cannot maintain nor receive 

 magnetism in a case where its temperature ascends to 

 1500° or white-glowing state, the globe can be magnetic 

 only to a depth of about 50 km. In the fig. 11 this layer 

 is represented by the space between the circlas o nes and 

 O NES. It contains at least 2 per cent magnetic matter 

 and is maintained in the magnetic state by the inducing 

 power of a part of the ether-space, produced by the Earths 

 rotation and partly by its revolution around the sun. Hereby 

 arises the same state as if the Earth should be standing still 

 and a part of the ether-space rotated around it in the op- 

 posite direction. We say a part of the ether-space, be- 

 cause only this part is active, which lies within a distance, 

 which near the equator is determinated by the earths dia- 

 meter and on other points of the Earth only by the radius 

 of the parallel-circle corresponding with the latitude of the 

 point. Should the effect be produced only by the rotation, 

 the direction of the magnetic moment would be along the 

 axis, but in consequence ot the revolution it will form 

 an angle of about 17° with the axis. But as the rotation 

 strives to produce the direction of the magnetic moment along 

 the axis and the revolution in a direction normal to the 

 plan of the ecliptic, this direction will suffer changes during 

 cvery tum of rotation. If we imagine this direction re- 



