# #Mon Aug 09 11:49:32 CEST 2010 Text__VO8f4KObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_title=Gilbert's Terrella Text__VO8f4KObEd-WfYQ0GneCwQ_text=

Gilbert founded modern geomagnetism around 1600. Geographical designations like equator, meridian, parallel and pole receive a new, geomagnetic definition. His model of the Earth, the Terrella (little Earth), is a spherical magnet.