MAGIC MAGNET
A DELAYED ACTION
Something very remarkable has been discovered in the world of magnets. A piece of steel becomes a magnet because its atoms have arranged themselves in an orderly fashion, whereas in a non-magnetic piece of steel the tiny atoms lie higgledy-piggledy. If a piece of iron is placed near a magnet, the magnet magnetises the iron in such a way that the poles are opposite and attract each other. But a new substance has now been discovered which can be incorporated in the iron so that this magnetising action is delayed.
A piece if iron so treated may be placed near a magnet and nothing will happen. Then the iron suddenly overcomes its shyness and is attracted to the magnet. The delay may be as long as twenty minutes. All kinds of uses for this delayedaction magnetic attraction have already been foreseen by scientists.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13793, 10 November 1942, Page 2
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