Re: Earth as a magnet

[William Beaty <billb@eskimo.com>]

On Fri, 16 May 1997, Keith C. Tipton wrote:


> Could at least one person confirm that earth's magnetic south is north of 
> us please?  I am afraid I taught this wrong otherwise.

I have a couple of very old physics texts.  Both define N-type and S-type
magnetic polarity by referring to a bar magnet, not to the earth.  N-type
is the pole which points to the earth's northern hemisphere.  Both mention
that the 'northerly' magnetic pole of the earth has s-type polarity.

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