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Re: Earth as a magnet

At 10:54 AM 5/16/97 -0600, you wrote:
Yes, magnetic "south" is near geographic "north" !!!

It is easily confirmed with a dc current in a wire and a compass that
the "N" marking on a compass is indeed its north pole, (and not a
"north-seeking" pole as I have seen some explain it).

It "seeks" geographic north, not magnetic north.

The verified north
pole of the compass pointing north shows the earth's magnetic south pole
to be north of us.
Oren Quist
SDSU



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