The Toronto Magnetic and Meteorological Observatory, created in 1839, is the oldest scientific institution in Canada. Its founder, Sir Edward Sabine, was an eminent English ...

T he first Toronto observatory, built in 1840, was a primitive log cabin. ... of Toronto's street cars interfered with the delicate magnetic observations. The observatory was ...

... Canada's First Magnetic Observatory". Canadian Space Agency (2005). Retrieved on July 24, 2008. ^ a b Chang, Gloria (May 14, 1999). "Astronomy in Canada".

... Canada's First Magnetic Observatory". Canadian Space Agency (2005). Retrieved on July 24, 2008. ^ a b Chang, Gloria (May 14, 1999). "Astronomy in Canada".

Since the first magnetic observatory was founded in Cape Town in 1841, geomagnetism has grown in stature where it is now part of a research program at the Hermanus Magnetic ...