KNOWLEDGE IN MAGNETS-PART 1
KNOWLEDGE IN MAGNETS-PART 1 “In our lifetime we all are played with magnets at a once (or) You might have seen magnets and have even enjoyed playing with them.” How Magnets Were Discovered There was a shepherd named Magnes, who lived in ancient Greece. He used to take his herd of sheep and goats to the nearby mountains for grazing. He would take a stick with him to control his herd. The stick had a small piece of iron attached at one end. One day he was surprised to find that he had to pull hard to free his stick from a rock on the mountainside. It seemed to be the stick was being attracted by the rock. The rock was a natural magnet and it attracted the iron tip of the shepherd's stick. Such rocks were given the name magnetite, in case after the name of that shepherd. Magnetite contains iron....