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Fun Facts : How Do Magnets Work Exactly?

by Kerrana McAvoy on Feb 2, 2011

We have all no doubt played with magnets and a large proportion of us will not have understood why they work the way they do. This article explains the history of magnets, gives you some fun facts about them and hopefully will leave you somewhat enlightened afterwards.

MAGNETISM
There are important relationships between the laws of magnetism and the laws of electrical currents. Generation and transmission of large amounts of electrical energy on an economical basis is one of the most practical of these relationships. A high-speed digital computer is also an example, as well as the meter that measures the amount of electrical power used in your home. Since magnetism is so important to the field of electricity, you need to be familiar with its principles.

History and Definition
The knowledge of magnetism is very old. The early Greeks knew that certain stones (lodestones), found in the district of Magnesia in Asia Minor, had the apparent...Read More >>



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