Modern buildings : their planning, construction and equipment (1905)
Middleton, G. A. T. (George Alexander Thomas) · London : Caxton Publishing Company, Limited · leaf 188
allowed to oscillate, it will be found that it always comes to rest in a however, wire buildings with a very limited knowledge direction approximately north and south, for which of the theoretical requirements of such work, being guided by simple rules of thumb, their own experience, reason the end… … north or north-seeking end. The other end is called the south or south-seeking end. If another piece of steel be magnetised and then sus- pended near the first magnet, it will be found that the north-seeking end of the former will be attracted by the south-seeking end of the latter, while it will…
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