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Behaviour of a magnetic compass in a box if carried round a globe-shaped magnet

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Behaviour of a magnetic compass in a box if carried round a globe-shaped magnet (N centre of picture) with magnetic poles where lines cross (left and right of N). Magnets ab at C and D can set in any position as they are directly between the poles. From Athanasius Kircher Magnes: sive de arte Magnetica, Cologne, 1643

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