An instrument that records or traces declination measurements, especially of magnetic or celestial bodies.
From declination + -graph (Greek graphein, 'to write/record'). This is a technical scientific instrument.
Old naval observatories used declinographs to automatically trace how Earth's magnetic declination changed hour by hour—creating continuous paper charts that revealed hidden patterns in magnetic variation.
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