Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 10. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 432
... pole is ftronger than the north one : but nei ther of thefe opinions have yet been fufficiently con- firmed by experience . X. If a piece of iron be held to one of the poles of a magnet , the attractive power of the other pole will thus ...
... pole is ftronger than the north one : but nei ther of thefe opinions have yet been fufficiently con- firmed by experience . X. If a piece of iron be held to one of the poles of a magnet , the attractive power of the other pole will thus ...
Page 433
... poles of the fame denomination . The poles of the broken pieces generally answer to thofe of the whole magnet which were nearest them , though this docs not always hold good . A magnet with two poles will very readily place itself in ...
... poles of the fame denomination . The poles of the broken pieces generally answer to thofe of the whole magnet which were nearest them , though this docs not always hold good . A magnet with two poles will very readily place itself in ...
Page 442
... pole of the magnet towards one end of the bar , the latter acquires a fouth polarity , and the other one of course a north polarity . Hence the needle is repelled , because magnetic poles of the fame kind re- pel one another ; but when ...
... pole of the magnet towards one end of the bar , the latter acquires a fouth polarity , and the other one of course a north polarity . Hence the needle is repelled , because magnetic poles of the fame kind re- pel one another ; but when ...
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