I am missing the previous posts on this one. I am even missing "References: 1".
Can someone supply the previous information?
Thanks
Henry
Jerry W. Decker wrote:
> Hi Ed!
>
> 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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