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Originally Posted by Mr Gazza
So when you float the magnet, which pole is which? In theory the Earth's North pole should repel the magnet's North and so it ought to be the magnet's South pole that points North? True or false?  |
I saw this on QI last week! The pole close to the earth's geographic north is actually 'South', magnetically speaking, so the north end of a bar magnet will point towards the geographic north.
