Learning about magnetism (second edition)

Duration: 0:14:11

Genre: Children's | Educational

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Uses old silent film footage, animation, and practical demonstrations to explore the physical properties of magnets and explain their ultimate source. Demonstrates various materials through which magnetism may pass, polarity, and the shape of magnetic fields. Illustrates the principle behind electomagnets and points out that magnetism is ultimately associated with spinning particles within the atom.

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