What are facts about magnetic?

Answer 1

The earth has its own magnetic field that protects us from solar winds from our sun. Without this protection the earth would never have been able to support life.

So in a nut shell the Earth is one giant naturally occurring magnet.

Answer 2

The earth has its own magnetic field that protects us from solar winds from our sun. Without this protection the earth would never have been able to support life.

So in a nut shell the Earth is one giant naturally occurring magnet.

Answer 3

1. The most popular legend telling the discovery of magnets is that an shepherd in Crete named Magnes was herding his sheep in an area of Northern Greece called Magnesia. Suddenly both of the nails in his shoes and the metal tip of his staff became stuck on a big black rock. To find the source of the attraction he dug up the earth to find lodestones.
2. The earliest discovery of the properties of lodestones was either by the Greeks or the Chinese. Stories of magnetism dates back to the first century BC.
3. People believed that there were islands of magnets that could attract ships because they used iron nails. When ships disappeared at sea they were thought to have been pulled by these islands.
4. The Chinese developed the mariner's compass 4500 years ago.
5. The term magnetism was coined to explain the phenomenon that lodestones attract iron.