Introductory course of natural philosophy for the use of schools and academies. Ed. from Ganot's popular physics. By William G. Peck (1869)
Ganot, Adolphe, 1804-1887, Peck, William Guy, 1820-1892 · New York A.S. Barnes · leaf 369
w oscillations, a determinate direction, which is very nearlynorth and south. Fig. 242 shows the man- wner of balancing a needle,and indicates the north andsouth direction which it as-sumes. In this figure, as inall others illustrating thesubject of magnetism, thepole which contains the aus-tral… … Illustrate. (351.) What direction does a free magnet take? How is a needlebalanced ? In what other way may it bo balanced ? TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM. 367 boreal pole which turns towards the south, the reason ofwhich will be seen hereafter. If, instead of mounting the needle on a pivot, it beattached…
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