The magnetic field lines of a bar magnet can be viewed by using compasses or by shaking iron filings onto a platform above the magnet. Place the magnet on top of the paper in view of the document ...

The British artist had a starring role on his Chromakopia LP and is heading out on a sold-out U.K. tour run to wrap up a huge ...

Iron fillings reveal a magnet's magnetic field. You can see a magnet's magnetic field by scattering tiny iron filings around it. The iron filings form a pattern that reveals the lines of the ...

Magnets are also surrounded by a similar three-dimensional field. This can be "seen" in two dimensions if iron filings are sprinkled on a sheet of paper placed over the magnet. The filings align ...

A tube filled with iron filings is magnetized and the magnetization is shown using a compass. Note: this demonstration can be shown on the overhead projector and is appropriate for large lecture halls ...

In the main, the topics treated are lines of magnetic force ... to illustrate the delineation of lines of magnetic force by iron filings. The filings were fixed on cartridge paper by means ...