Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1889-05-23
WATCH MAGNETISM.
What Causes the Trouble, and How
Can Ro Easily RemedIetl.

Can Bo Easily Remedied.
Watch your watchesl is generally
tho instruction impaired 10 slght-seers
on entering the dynamosroom OF an
electrical establishment while dyna-
mos are In operation. Now, the natu-
raj tendency OF the minds OF those
sight-seers Is TO ask, whye II they do
not do II audibly It is there all the
same, and keeps turning itself over
and over until the owner is tempted 10
do just what he or she is told to, but
not intended should be done. take It out
OF the pocket and look lit My advice
would be, "leave Il at home,n or with
your uncle while on tour Of inves-
tigation OF this sort, for Just so sure
as you enter that room your watch will
be magnetizod and then yod will have
tho confidence In your matchmaker
shattered. II not entirely destroyed. by
finding that since he last repaired It it
does not keep time. You 90 TO him
again and he looks at IL, then exam
ines and pronounces the awful SEN
tence. "Magnetized. You look at
him with contempt and say you
know better; II II was magnetized It
would stop like our grandpa's clock.
never 70 go again.
Now, there is no greater mistake,
yet so generally believed, as this. \
watch when magnetizcd stops only
from this cause while in "a very strong
magnetic feld,n and will start on
again on being removed from that
field # given a slight jar
Then comes the query: What docs it
do, then? What effect does IL exert
over It? Now this is the point which
! wish you 10 note. "It loses time"
But how much? you ask. This is very
hard to answer. as great deal de-
pends upon the construction Of the
movement the style OF case-hunting
or open face - whether you work
around or come in contact with iron OF
steel objects, such as safes, engines,
iron pillars, girders or even smaller
objects, as these will change the di-
rections Of the lines OF force" ]
have found from observation that tho
variations range from / minute to
20 in twenty-four hours, according to
conditions, the general average being
from 81 TO Z minutes per day.
Many persons suppose that electric.
ity is magnetism, and vice versa.
Electricity is no more magnetism than |
steam is water, or apples arc apple !
troos, but the one Is the production OF |
the other. Electricity is generated |
from magnetism by permanent OF
electro-magnets under certain con.
ditions and operations known by |
electricians and some others. and Is OF /
itself perfectly harmless TO watches /
oven we're they 10 be put in circuit |
with electric lights. as | last week /
placed a fine movement in a circuit OF /
one thousand volts for ten minutes. |
and on removing could not find the
slightest trace Of magnetism in H.
Another very false idea is tho finer
tho warch the less liability 10 mag |
netic action. when the truth Is the /
dner IL Is the more magnetism II will |
retain on being charged. (. e..
magnetized, and. in consequences. the |
more time il will lose. for the finer
The watch the finer tho adjustment,
and Ia consequence. the closer contact /
OF the parts affected Some say:
"Oh. ] never was in a dynamo room.
and my watch could not be magnet
lied"
II Is not IN the electric light plants |
that all the magnetism exists, foi
since electricity has been used as a |
motor force It exists around every mo. |
tor. whether under a street car, in an |
Office running fan or printing press,
or exciting a plating battery. Yet who |
ever suspected the relay or sounder
on telegraph operators desk, the |
wonderful telephone and many Other
appliances too numerous 20 mention |
with which you come In contact every
dayP
Another new invention has just
made its appearance in Cleveland, by |
which a crane Is fitted with large |
magnet and used TO load cars with |
steel rails aud large pieces Of iron. i'm.
parting It's influence 20 all steel OBJ.
lects within lie range, thus practically |
bringing the laboring men in daily
contact with this uDsuspected trouble
10 watches
Some say when a wateh is maenot.
lied Il is destroyed. This Is again
false, for by demagneuzing il can be
made 10 operate as well as ever. Dc
not trade ihom of AS worthless. bu
take and have them demagneiized.
and all will be delighted at home 70 sel
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ncr Pittsburgh Dispatch.