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Why can't we use magnets to create energy like this?

The way it's drawn, if you rotate clockwise around 120 degrees, you will have a North pole on the rotor next to a South on the static magnet, and the South on the rotor next to the North on the static … magnet. …
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Why is the magnetic field around a bar magnet represented by iron filings?

The bar magnet, on the other hand, is much bigger and strongly magnetised. So we assume that the iron filings have only a small effect on the field that they are measuring. … Dump a whole jar full of them on top of the magnet, and you probably have completely changed the field you were measuring. …
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How do I know that enamelled wire is actually conducting the current?

The traditional 19th century method is to get a compass. Away from your apparatus, it will point to magnetic north. Any magnetic field will deflect the needle. But your iron core may already be slig …
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