Re: Teaching Magnetism

[Chuck Britton <britton@NCSSM.EDU>]

Hey! Anybody want to start a class action suit to recover pain and
suffering caused by these bogusly (sp?) marked devices?????



At 9:59 PM -0400 7/7/03,  Justin Parke wrote:

> In a message dated 7/6/2003 10:39:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> britton@NCSSM.EDU writes:
>
> >  What if the 'Commercially Sold' re-magnetizer is marked BACKWARDS?
>
> Ahhhh I am not crazy after all.  It seems the school at which I teach bought
> one of these before I got there.  It seemed clear to me...an "N" with an arrow
> pointing down seemed to mean "put the north pole down" but alas it does not.
> Thanks for helping me feel not so alone!
>
> Justin Parke


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