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magnets

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:12 pm
by monikia
how to use a magnets?

with water,needle,and a compass

Re: magnets

Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:30 pm
by htb
monikia wrote:how to use a magnets?

with water,needle,and a compass
Monikia-
I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, but it sounds like you're trying to make a compass. This can certainly be done, and is quite straightforward. Some useful links can be had from google:

a compass tutorial:
http://www.earthsci.org/fieldsk/compass/compass.html

make a compass:
http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/f ... pass.shtml
http://www.madsci.org/experiments/archi ... 08.Es.html

try searching for more- there is quite a lot of information available.

htb