Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A magnetized globe of steel, or a spherical lodestone, with poles diametrically opposite each other so as to represent in miniature the distribution of terrestrial magnetism.
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Examples
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Gilbert made a "terella," or miniature of the earth, as a magnet, and not only demonstrated how the compass needle sets along the lines joining the north and south magnetic poles, but explained the variation and the dip.
The Story of Electricity John Munro 1889
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Oxford he was represented as holding in his hand a globe inscribed terella.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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Oxford he was represented as holding in his hand a globe inscribed terella.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 24: September/October 1663 Samuel Pepys 1668
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Oxford he was represented as holding in his hand a globe inscribed terella.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1663 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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In his portrait of himself which he had painted for the University of Oxford he was represented as holding in his hand a globe inscribed terella.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1663 Pepys, Samuel 1663
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[P.ofessor Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., has kindly supplied me with the following interesting note on the terrella (or terella): The name given by Dr. William Gilbert, author of the famous treatise,
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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[P.ofessor Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., has kindly supplied me with the following interesting note on the terrella (or terella): The name given by Dr. William Gilbert, author of the famous treatise,
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 24: September/October 1663 Samuel Pepys 1668
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[P.ofessor Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., has kindly supplied me with the following interesting note on the terrella (or terella): The name given by Dr. William Gilbert, author of the famous treatise,
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1663 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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[P.ofessor Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S., has kindly supplied me with the following interesting note on the terrella (or terella): The name given by Dr. William Gilbert, author of the famous treatise,
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sep/Oct 1663 Pepys, Samuel 1663
qms commented on the word terella
The GQ ideal is athletic
But master of matters noetic.
He's quite the model fella,
A masculine terella -
Exemplar of forces magnetic.
February 13, 2015