HENCE "MAGNET"
According to ancient tradition, a shopherd named Magnus—u slave of Medea, the enchantress--when walking up Mount Ida. found himself detained by the iron nails in Iris shoes, or, according lo one version, found certain stones were attached to his iron hook. From his name these stones were afterwards called magnets. There are two mountains called Ida, one in the Troad, at the foot- of which lay the city of Troy, and which was tho scene of many Grecian fables. The other was in (ho Island of Crete.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 6 August 1931, Page 12
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89HENCE "MAGNET" Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 6 August 1931, Page 12
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