Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-07-20
WATCH MAGNETISM.


raj tendency of tho minds of these
s1ght-seers Is to ask, whyP If they do
not do it audibly it is there all the
same, and keeps turning itself over
and over until the owner is tempted to
do just what he or she is told to, but
not intended should be done, take it out
OF the pocket and look ut it. My advice
would be, "leave it at home,H or with
Jour "uncle' while on u tour of inves-
Iigatlon OF this sort, for jusG so sure
as you cutter that room your watch will
be magnetized and then you will have
the confidence in your Matchmaker
shattered. if not entirely destroyed. by
finding that since he last repaired it it
docs not keep time. You go to him
again and he looks at it, then exam-
ines and pronounces the awful SEN
tence. 'tMagnetized. You look at
him with contempt and say you
know better; if it was magnetized it..
would stop like our grandpa's clock,
never to go again.
Now, there is no greater mistake,
yet SO genera!ly believed, as this. A
watch when magnetized stops ouly
from this cause while in a very strong
magnetic field" and will start off
again on being removed from that
field" If given slight jar.
Then comes the query: What does it
do, thenP What effect does it exert
over itP Now this is the point which
wish you to note. ut loses time"
But how mnchP you ask. This il very
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ponds upon tho construction of tho
movement, the style of case-hunting
or open face - whether you work
around or come in contact with iron or
steel objects, such as safes, engines,
iron pillars, Orders 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 1 minute to
20 in twontvfour hours, according to
conditions, the general average being
from 50 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 are apple
trees. but the ono is the production of
the other. Electricity is generated
from magnetism by permanent or
electromagnetic under certain con-
ditions end operations known by
electricians and some others, and is of
itself perfectly harmless to watches
even were they to be put in circuit
with electric lights, as I last week
placed fine movement in a circuit OF
ono thousand volts for ten minutes,
and on removing could not find tho
slightest trace of magnetism in it.
Another very false idea is the finer
the watch the less liability to mag
netic action, when the truth is the
finer 1t ia the more magnetism it will
retain on being charged" /. e.,
magnetized, and, in consequence, the
more time it will lose, for the finer
the watch the finer the adjustment,
and, In consequence, the closer contact
OF the parts affected. Some eay:
"Oh, never was in dynamo room,
and my watch could not be magnet
led"
1t Is not in the electric light plants
that all the magnetism exists, for
since electricity has been used as q
motor force it exists around every mo-
tor, whether under street car in an
Office running a fan or printing press,
or exciting plating battery. Yet who
ever suspected the relay or sounder
on n telegraph operators desk, the
wonderful telephone and many other
appliances too numerous to mention
with which you come in contact every
dayP
Another new invention has Just
made its appearance in Cleveland, by
which q c.ano is fitted with q largo
magnet and used to load cars with
steel rails and large pieces of iron, i'm
parting its influence to all steel OBJ
jccts within its range, thus practically
bringing the laboring men in daily
contact with this unsupported trouble
to watches.
Some say when q watch is magnet
lied 1t Is destroyed. This Is again