Re: [Phys-l] Movie Physics Gafs

[Paul Nord <Paul.Nord@valpo.edu>]

Looks like it didn't work.

On Sep 12, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Bob Sciamanda wrote:

> Here is a video showing a compass made from a needle magnetized with a silk 
> cloth!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIGbNJDYdnM&feature=player_detailpage
>
>
> From: Bob Sciamanda
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 10:00 AM
> To: Forum for Physics Educators
> Subject: [Phys-l] Movie Physics Gafs
> I just watched ╲The Edge╡ (1997, Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin).
> Lost in the wild, Hopkins (playing a very knowledgeable outdoorsman) makes a 
> compass by floating a needle on a leaf.
>
> But he ╲magnetizes╡ the needle by rubbing it with a piece of silk!
>
> Bob Sciamanda
> Physics, Edinboro Univ of PA (Em)
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