Method developed for measuring magnetic forces

A method for measuring the magnetic forces that originate inside the earth and in outer space has been perfected by scientists T. L. Skillman of the U. S. Department of Commerce's Coast and Geodetic Survey and Dr. P. L. Bender of the National Bureau of Standards. Admiral H. A. Karo, director of the Survey, predicted that the development would provide scientists with magnetometers (instruments for measuring magnetism) far more precise and compact than those now available.