Sorry, I had lost this email and just realized I meant to answer it
earlier...kind of more bubble gum than I can chew...that's been awhile
back and Wes was the one talking about it...I've not heard from him now
in about 4 months....he ruined his telephone credit by having nine
hundred bucks on a bill that he couldn't pay so he has to do calling
cards....same problem with Internet....he's a smart fellow and someone
should back him for a targeted research project...he really thinks he's
close on a couple of things...
As to the flipping fields, I didn't do the experiment myself, just
reposted what Wes said...I think there were two other people who did try
it and they were of the opinion that Wes was right....they also brought
up the possibility that it wasn't actually pole flipping but had to do
with the metal plate becoming polarized....Wes said he'd used a compass
and SEEN the flip...very interesting...he also says it takes some degree
of skill and perseverance to keep the magnets from snapping together as
they move closer...I don't know if speed is important to this, but it
makes sense it might, since the effect could be a kind of anti-lenz
one...anyway, just wanted to get back to you on it and I apologize for
waiting so long...
> As I am told, when you slowly move the magnet towards the
> metal plate, you will find the magnets repel until right
> before you get to the plate...then all of sudden, it will
> attract and both magnets will stick to the plate.
> He says this happens not because the attraction to the
> plate is stronger than the pole repulsions (after all, it
> has magnetized the plate with the same polarity so is
> essentially an extension of the magnet pole energy)....but
> he says he watched the fields at different points and when
> the magnets begin to attract, the moving magnet pole actually
> FLIPS!
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