Bar magnet


a bar-shaped, usually permanent, magnet.
Historical Examples

Placing a small magnetic needle near a bar magnet, it takes a determinate position.
Six Lectures on Light John Tyndall

To explain this, study Fig. 102, in which is a bar magnet (A).
Electricity for Boys J. S. Zerbe

The pole of the new induced magnet adjacent to the bar magnet is just opposite to the pole used.
Physics Willis Eugene Tower

There is still the same idea of turning the insect into a sort of bar magnet.
The Mason-bees J. Henri Fabre

Fig. 28 shows some of the positions taken by a compass-needle when moved about on one side of a bar magnet.
Things a Boy Should Know About Electricity Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John

A bar magnet is fixed upright with its north-seeking pole upward.
Physics Willis Eugene Tower

Will a bar magnet, used in Bell telephone, lose its power to such a degree as not to work?
Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.–No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 Various

The magnetic field surrounding a bar magnet is shown in Fig. 2.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 Various

A magnetic needle, the north pole n being attracted to the south pole of the bar magnet s, and repelled from the north end.
The Boy’s Playbook of Science John Henry Pepper

Would it reduce the strength of bar magnet to cut a thread on one end of it?
Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.–No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 Various

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