A WONDERFUL MAGNET.
" ® ! Probably tbe largest and strongest magnet m tbo world is that at Willet's Poiot, New York. It oome to be made by acoident. Major King happened to see two large 15 inch Dahlgren guns lying unused side by side on the dock, and immediately oonceived the idea tbat a magnet of enormous power oould ba oonßtructed by means of these cannon with a submarine cable wound around them. The magnet, whioh stands about ten foet from the ground, is eighteen feet long, and has eight miles of cable wound about the upper part of the guns. It takes a force of 25,0001b5. to pull off Ihe armature. A seemingly impossible experiment was performed with some 15-inoh solid cannou balls, the magnet holding several of them euspended m the air, one under the other. The most interesting experiment was the test made of a nonma_netio watoh. The test was highly satisfactory. The magnet was so powerful that an ordinary watch was stopped stock still as soon-* as it came within three feet of it, white an Amorioan non-magnetio watch was for ten minutes held m front of the magnet, and it did not vary the hundredth part of a second. A Bledge hammsr wielded m a direction opposite to tbe magnet, feels as though one were trying to bit a blow with a long feather m a gale of wind.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18921015.2.19
Bibliographic details
Timaru Herald, Volume LV, Issue 5539, 15 October 1892, Page 3
Word Count
232A WONDERFUL MAGNET. Timaru Herald, Volume LV, Issue 5539, 15 October 1892, Page 3
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in