horizontal intensity variometer

horizontal intensity variometer

[‚här·ə′zänt·əl in′ten·səd·ē ‚ver·ē′äm·əd·ər]

(engineering)

Essentially a declination variometer with a larger, stiffer fiber than in the standard model; there is enough torsion in the fiber to cause the magnet to turn 90° out of the magnetic meridian; the magnet is aligned with the magnetic prime vertical to within 0.5° so it does not respond appreciably to changes in declination. Also known as H variometer.

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