Hi all,
Everyone who also sent me a private email also had it correct, The "North
Pole is Magnetic South".
The North pole of the bar magnetic (compass) is the "north-seeking pole".
Thanks Fritz, the following is a good link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Magnetic_Pole
Thanks all for a bit of fun,
Roderick Wall.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fritz Stumpges
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 11:13 AM
To: Tony Moss ; [email protected]
Subject: RE: More on Sundial Magnets
Well that could go either way yet! I always thought that
the N pole on a magnet really was the North Polarity and
that the geographical north pole was actually a South Polarity.
Wiki agrees but what's that worth?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Magnetic_Pole
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Tony Moss
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 2:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: More on Sundial Magnets
On 06/01/2011 20:10, R Wall wrote:
Hi all,
See if you have the correct answer for this:
The magnetic polarity of the earth's North Pole, is it North or South.
You can test it with a correctly marked (N,S) bar magnet suspended on
a cotton string. If the South Pole of the bar magnetic faces North,
then the Earth's North Pole has a Magnetic North polarity. If the
North Pole of the bar magnet faces North the the North Pole has a
magnetic South polarity.
Roderick Wall.
In response to a similar question to my teacher in geography I was
taught at school that every bar magnet has a 'north seeking' pole i/e.
magnetically a 'south' pole.
Tony Moss
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