 The bar of steel so treated is said to bo magnetized, or to constitute an artificial magnet. When a magnetized bar or natural magnet is suspended at its centre in any convenient manner, so as to be free to move in a horizontal plane, it is always found...  Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical - Pagina 86door George Fownes - 1855 - 555 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | George Duplex - 1857 - 184 pagina’s
...magnetised bar of steel, is suspended at its centre in any convenient manner, so that it shall freely move in a horizontal plane, it is always found to...nearly north, and the other nearly south. If the bar be removed from this position it will tend to re-assume it, and after a few oscillations, settle at rest... | |
 | George Fownes - 1860 - 612 pagina’s
...steel so treated is said to bo magnetized, or to constitute an artificial magnet. When a magnetized bar or natural magnet is suspended at its centre in...regard to the earth, one end pointing nearly north and tho other nearly south. If the bar be moved from this position, it will tend to reassume it, and, after... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1861 - 904 pagina’s
...stances, they mutually attract and repel one another, according to determinate laws. When a magnetized bar, or natural magnet, is suspended at its centre...any convenient manner, so as to be free to move in an horizontal plane, it ia always found to ásenme a particular direction with regard to the earth,... | |
 | George Fownes - 1866 - 612 pagina’s
...steel so treated is said to bo magnetized, or to constitute an artificial magnet. When a magnetized bar or natural magnet is suspended at its centre in...as to be free to move in a horizontal plane, it is alwayi found to assume a particular direction with regard to the earth, one end pointing nearly north... | |
 | Robert M. Ferguson - 1866 - 296 pagina’s
...Magnetic Elements. — Declination. — When a magnetic needle is suspended or made to rest on a point so as to be free to move in a horizontal plane, it finds its position of rest in a line joining two fixed points on the horizon ; and when made to leave... | |
 | John Livingston Ludlow - 1867 - 858 pagina’s
...a magnetized iron bar is suspended at its centre, • nd free to move horizontally? — It assumes a particular direction with regard to the earth ;...pointing nearly north, and the other nearly south. The former of these has been called the north pole and the latter the south pole of the magnet. What... | |
 | Robert M. Ferguson - 1867 - 310 pagina’s
...Magnetic Elements. — Declination. — When a magnetic needle is suspended or made to rest on a point so as to be free to move in a horizontal plane, it finds its position of rest in a line joining two fixed points on the horizon ; and when madj^o leave... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - 1868 - 216 pagina’s
...are called magnets. If a bar of magnetic iron be suspended from its centre or supported on a pivot so as to be free to move in a horizontal plane, it will be found to assume a constant position, one pole or extremity pointing towards the north and the... | |
 | Albert James Bernays - 1869 - 366 pagina’s
...Steel, as Iron is the most magnetic of all metals. When a magnetized needle is suspended at its centre, so as to be free to move in a horizontal plane, it...regard to the earth, one end pointing nearly North, the other nearly South. The pole which points to the Astronomical North is called the North pole of... | |
 | George Fownes - 1869 - 870 pagina’s
...constitute an artificial magnet. When a magnetized bar or natural magnet is suspended at its centre in .inv convenient manner, so as to be free to move in a horizontal...particular direction with regard to the earth, one en<l pointing nearly north and the other nearly south. If the bar be moved from this position, it will... | |
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