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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 290 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DIP (Old Eng. dyppan, connected with the
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common Teutonic root seen in " deep ")
  , the angle which the magnetic needle makes with the horizon . A freely suspended magnetic needle will not maintain a
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horizontal position except at the magnetic equator . Over the N. magnetic pole the north-seeking end of the needle points directly downwards and dips at an intermediate angle at intermediate distances between the magnetic poles and equator . There are secular progressive variations of dip as well as of declination and the
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maxima are
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independent of each other . In II 1576 the dip at
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London was 71° 50', 'in 1720 (max.) 74° 42', in 1900 67° 9' .

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