Show qualities of magnet explained by science the coast and geodetic purvey iturrey says that every magnet possesses two kinds of magnetism that in one end being different from what Is in the other if the magnet Is hung up on a thread so that it Is free to turn and a second magnet la is brought up to it it may be noticed that the near end of the second magnet draws drawn one end of the suspended magnet and repels the other the repulsion Is exerted beten like kinds of magnetism and the attraction between unlike kinds the earth has haa all the characteristics of a permanent magnet and for this reasor reason a suspended magnet when allowed to come to tc rest will take up a definite pos position which la IS determined by the direction of 0 the earths at the alre place the end of thi tha magnat which points point la in a northerly direction in this vicinity Is frequently called the north pole of tile magnet but the term north seeking pole Is better as aa lt distinguishes the of the north end of the magnet from that of the magnetic north pole of the earth which la Is opposite in kind na as attraction Is only exerted between poles polea of opposite ebil character |