From: Spehro Pefhany on
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:01:58 -0700, the renowned "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
<Paul(a)Hovnanian.com> wrote:

>Dave Platt wrote:
>>
>> In article <2ktso5pli2bs2n0kvetfnp4psps4ib9qv0(a)4ax.com>,
>> John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Is there such a thing as a spherical magnetic field? Where would all
>> >the vectors point?
>>
>> It could be done with isolated magnetic monopoles, I suppose.
>> Unfortunately, they seem to be out of stock at all of the popular
>> suppliers, and I have my doubt whether the brokors who post at
>> DigElementaryParticles.com can actually deliver.
>
>Jut saw one end off a bar magnet. ;-)

Clever. About how far is it from the "N" pole of the earth to the
geographic North Pole?


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From: George Herold on
On Mar 5, 9:21 pm, Spehro Pefhany <speffS...(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat>
wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:01:58 -0700, the renowned "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
>
> <P...(a)Hovnanian.com> wrote:
> >Dave Platt wrote:
>
> >> In article <2ktso5pli2bs2n0kvetfnp4psps4ib9...(a)4ax.com>,
> >> John Larkin  <jjlar...(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>
> >> >Is there such a thing as a spherical magnetic field? Where would all
> >> >the vectors point?
>
> >> It could be done with isolated magnetic monopoles, I suppose.
> >> Unfortunately, they seem to be out of stock at all of the popular
> >> suppliers, and I have my doubt whether the brokors who post at
> >> DigElementaryParticles.com can actually deliver.
>
> >Jut saw one end off a bar magnet. ;-)
>
> Clever.  About how far is it from the "N" pole of the earth to the
> geographic North Pole?
>
> Best regards,
> Spehro Pefhany
> --
> "it's the network..."                          "The Journey is the reward"
> sp...(a)interlog.com             Info for manufacturers:http://www.trexon.com
> Embedded software/hardware/analog  Info for designers:  http://www.speff.com

Hey I know the answer to that, The north magnetic pole is near the
south geographic pole. (which you soon* figure out if you try to use
the Earth's field as a reference.)

*must have taken me many months.

George H.
From: Phil Hobbs on
On 3/5/2010 9:21 PM, Spehro Pefhany wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:01:58 -0700, the renowned "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
> <Paul(a)Hovnanian.com> wrote:
>
>> Dave Platt wrote:
>>>
>>> In article<2ktso5pli2bs2n0kvetfnp4psps4ib9qv0(a)4ax.com>,
>>> John Larkin<jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there such a thing as a spherical magnetic field? Where would all
>>>> the vectors point?
>>>
>>> It could be done with isolated magnetic monopoles, I suppose.
>>> Unfortunately, they seem to be out of stock at all of the popular
>>> suppliers, and I have my doubt whether the brokors who post at
>>> DigElementaryParticles.com can actually deliver.
>>
>> Jut saw one end off a bar magnet. ;-)
>
> Clever. About how far is it from the "N" pole of the earth to the
> geographic North Pole?
>
>
> Best regards,
> Spehro Pefhany



About 8000 miles in a straight line--straight down!

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