Re: Magnets

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "jimmy hynes by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<chunkyboy86-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> the magnetic field is created when electrons flow through an conductor,

	Or otherwise move.

> not by only moving a charged conductor. electrons actually move VERY

> slowly

	Good point.  a few hundred MPH, IIR.

> (even though signals can travel at the speed of light).

	IN THE MEDIUM (eg about 60% c ion a wire.)

> if a charged conductor created a magnetic field when it was moved

	It does, but:

>then it would have A LOT of extra momentum and other weird things

> that obviously don't happen.

	They do.  But.  Since the achievable velocities of
	physical things are low, the mag field is low level, and
	the weird things also at a low level, so ignorable.

	best
	dwp

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