The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-05

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ret s seemingly ssisSasslilAe ezis.Fs-
| naenf vas performed Nsth sysne =
inch canton baiis. The balls we're
| sold and - much IS strong nan
could lsft. ret the magnet he'd several
u them suspended Ia The Az t'sAs na-
der the otSeF.
The mcst interesting experiment
sud the as.@ that was regzTs3et with
the gfeatest attention Eaa the test
male u az American ayssefts
watch. Ever since the great railroads
| u the country have compelled their
employs 70 provide tbeinselses siis,
| ti4nstieces that WoaId not l,e afSectess
| b. tbs magnetism generated BY the
ielr--true * there has been much sEsee1-
| lat'oa a. 70 whether sneh 3 watch
lcofiid be made. and sharp rivalry
/ can ard skies manufacturer. The
test Eas higAly satisfactory. and once
more proved that whsneyeF a rev in
Ysnti0n was inperatiTeiy demanded
American Rpfiss could fully hold its
owgs against the whole world. Mal6r
| King. magnet xas 20 powerful that
an ordinary watch vas stopped stock
| It'll a. so0a a. i came within three
Zee, 81 H. Before the test vas male
there was quite Il diversity Of opinion
among the experts present ~ 10 how
l far il would prove successful.
| Those who believe that While watch
might he Constructed that you'll re-
Siss magnetic influence under ordinary
circumstances, weFe also Of the 0pin-
/ ION that when Il vas subjected - the
/ most powerful magnet IN The world
/ the stsel pini0ns would jar 80 on The
w0rking part that the watch mlzi
necessarily stop. For ten minutes the
watch was held 81 front of The magnet
| Il did not vary the hundreith part q
O -ecoBa. The man who held u said
that he himself Eas conscious q the
influence u tie magnet. he could
/ feel a. he beid the Eatch By the chain
that some other power than his Wa
keeping il suspended.
The most amusing experiment gas
made Blth a slessge hammer. When
one tried 81 wisid i in a direction op-
T.Usits 20 the magnet be felt as 4 he
we're trYing to hit blgw with long
/ feather in a gale Of wind. There j.
nothing that viii take the ceneeit out
81 strong man so much as Ibis sim
pie experiment. Another amazing
/ test was made with number OF car
/ penfeTs spikes. A spike was pot
| ieugthWlss on the end III the magnet
then another spike was attached 20
/ the first. ard so on until line Sf them
TODD straight 0nt from the magnet at
| least four feet in length Aside from
their interest 10 science, the expert
nents seFe - novel and startling that
| thry we're entertaining even b those
who were not Interested IN the wonder
| ful developments Of electricity.