Magnetics

Magnets...
I have one cube magnet and one sphere magnet. Both are neodymium and the cube is rated at n50 while the sphere is n48. One day when playing with my magnets I found I could induce extra movements from a single movement.

I took the sphere and placed it on top of a table. Then I took the cube and placed one of it's poles to the other side of the table. The result was the sphere shifting to the opposing pole from the cube and they stuck together with a table between their grasp. When you tilt the cube like a diamond and move the cube left or right the sphere on top will rotate as it goes in the direction of movement.

The logical conclusion would be the magnetism it's self from the hidden movements or inner rotations of magnetic forces. But one could argue that the exact culprit could be the opposing fields and their relationship in the magnetic field. Or maybe it is the same magnetic fields, i.e. north and north. As opposed to south and north. There is the rare possibility of it being the effects of gravity? But one could easily conclude the results if the test were done on both hemisphere's.


Magnets
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Magnetic ripples rolling round
One a cube and one sphere bound
With a table through their grasp
And a tilt on the cubes path

The sphere will turn and turn it shall
The cube controls movements endowed
Left to right and up and down
With this tilt new movements found

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• moosberg
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• magnet
• motion

[skinostra]

Hi Paul I duplicated this experiment and got exactly the same result, i live in the southern hemisphere.I noted that the square magnet had to be in at an 45 degree offset like you demonstrate to get the sphere to rotate.If the square is flat it just drags the sphere with out rotating.

[eiward]

Are you serius? This does not warranta poem. You made a spherical magnet follow a square magnet through a desk.

[moscotosco123]

it is not "rolling"...It is "rotating" horizontaly...like a planet...This is because

it is "sandwiched in" between two magnetic fields which make the sphere rotate ...just like an electric motor...elementary holmes..the planetary system works the same way being 'sandwiched' between the two polarities of the Sun's magnetic fields.

[StopMotionMind]

I have two of the exact same cubes!

[pie505]

ok there

[LEDSET]

As the sphere is being dragged around it tends to roll rather than slide. It spins fast because the circle of contact (between table and sphere) is very small circumference. cool effect, could also be acheived by dragging a heavy non magnetic ball around by a piece of elastic on top of it.

[quadraxis45]

very nice