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Re: magnetic poles


On Fri, 13 Feb 1998 18:52:34 +0100 Mark Sylvester <msylvest@spin.it>
writes:

Doesn't this all become a non-issue if we say "The Earth's Magnetic
North Pole is a south-seeking pole"?

I'm afraid that it would take a bit more than that to make it a
"non-issue".
A south-seeking pole would seek the south poles of suspended bar magnets.


Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Where the earth's north seeking magnetic pole seeks the NORTH pole
of a suspended magnet. The non-issue is an issue again.)

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