The non-magnetic R.R.S. Research
The non-magnetic R.R.S. Research
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DOI：
10.1029/te043i004p00389
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发表时间：
1938-12
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通讯作者：
J. Edgell
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作者：
J. Edgell
本期刊的读者从不时发表的简短说明中获悉，英国海军部正在建造一艘名为“研究”的非磁性船只，以继续进行由华盛顿卡内基研究所通过其地磁部门启动的海洋磁力调查，并由非磁性船只“卡内基”号从 1909 年一直进行到 1929 年 11 月被爆炸和火灾摧毁。英国应该承担起以下责任：鉴于其巨大的海洋利益，继续开展这项重要工作。多年来，各国水文部门发布的磁图越来越多地基于卡内基号获得的数据，但如果她完成最后一次航行，现有数据本可以填补的严重空白，并且缺乏有关某些地区长期变化的信息，因此从理论和实践角度考虑，恢复中断的海洋调查势在必行。为了弥补这一状况，研究室的建设在三年多前就获得了批准，但直到 1937 年 9 月 9 日才铺设龙骨。自那时以来，已经取得了良好的进展。为了协助设计该船及其仪器设备，华盛顿卡内基研究所应海军部的邀请，安排卡内基号第一任舰长、许多海上使用的特殊和改进型磁性仪器的设计者威廉·J·彼得斯在伦敦担任新船及其特殊仪器设计顾问一年。此外，有关卡内基号的所有信息均由英国海军部掌握，从而极大地促进了新船的设计。
Readers of this JOURNAL have learned from brief notes published from time to time, that a non-magnetic vessel, the Research, is being built by the British Admiralty to continue the magnetic survey of the oceans inaugurated by the Carnegie Institution of Washington through its Department of Terrestrial Magnetism and carried on by the non-magnetic vessel, Carnegie, from 1909 until her destruction by explosion and fire in November 1929. It is especially fitting that Great Britain should assume the responsibility of continuing this important work in view of her great maritime interests. For many years the magnetic charts issued by the hydrographic services of the various countries have been based in increasing degree on data obtained by the Carnegie, but serious gaps in available data which would have been filled had she completed her last cruise, and the absence of information regarding the secular change in certain regions render imperative the resumption of the interrupted oceanic survey both from theoretical and practical considerations. To remedy this condition, the construction of the Research was authorized over three years ago but the keel was not laid until September 9, 1937. Since that time good progress has been made. In order to assist in designing the vessel and her instrumental equipment, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, upon invitation of the Admiralty, made arrangements that William J. Peters, first commander of the Carnegie and designer of many of the special and improved types of magnetic instruments used at sea, spend a year in London as consultant on the design of the new vessel and of her special instruments. In addition all information regarding the Carnegie was placed at the disposal of the British Admiralty, thus facilitating greatly the design of the new vessel.