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Is There “True Magnetism” or Not?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Felix Ehrenhaft  and
Leo Banet
Leo Banet
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According to generally accepted views every material body has always just as much North as South magnetism, meaning that the total value of the North and South magnetism is always zero (div H = 0). One says therefore that there is no “true magnetism”. A body directs itself in the direction of the magnetic lines of force like a compass needle but it does not move from its place. On the other hand, it is known that there are electrically charged bodies (positive or negative electric ions) which move in homogeneous electric fields along the lines of force. There is thus a preponderance of positive or negative electricity on ions. One says also that there exists “true electricity”. A movement of charged matter in a homogeneous field is called a current. Consequently until now electric currents were known to exist, but no magnetic currents.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , July 1941 , pp. 458 - 462
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association 1941

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